More than 2,000 businesses from over 45 provinces and cities across the country have registered to participate in the 2024 Supply-Demand Connection Conference, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade.
In addition to direct activities, this year’s Supply-Demand Connection Conference between Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and cities also has online activities. Photo: Lan Anh.
On the afternoon of September 19, during a press conference providing information on the economic and social situation of Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Nguyen Minh Hung, Deputy Head of the Trade Management Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade, announced that the city will organize the Supply-Demand Connection Conference from September 26-29. The aim is to build a sustainable supply chain and create opportunities for linking production and consumption from raw material areas to the marketplace.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade noted that over 2,000 businesses from more than 45 provinces and cities have already registered to explore opportunities to connect with Vietnamese retail corporations and e-commerce platforms.
With the theme “Connecting with Responsibility – Towards a Green Supply Chain,” this year’s conference will feature direct B2B connections between 13 of Vietnam’s leading retail corporations, four e-commerce platforms, wholesale markets, and production businesses from across the country.
“The event won’t stop at just meetings between parties. Businesses whose products are selected by distribution systems will be supported in finalizing their products and completing supply dossiers. Additionally, challenges related to receivables, delivery methods, payment, and inventory during the initial stages will also be addressed,” the Department of Industry and Trade representative stated.
Moreover, the conference will include online activities, such as the “Super Live Vietnam Goods” campaign on e-commerce platforms. The city will host 19 live sessions led by 19 content creators, promoting over 200 products from more than 45 provinces.
Additionally, the event exhibition will feature spaces showcasing unique regional products, services, and cuisine, with a scale of approximately 700 booths.
As in previous years, the Department of Industry and Trade emphasized that this year’s conference will continue to focus on facilitating both buyers and sellers to meet and connect both directly and online, while also setting standards to bring products into modern distribution channels.
This will help reduce intermediary costs in the distribution of goods, allowing distributors to save on sourcing costs and suppliers to save on the cost of introducing their products to distribution channels.
Also, during the meeting, Mr. Bui Duc Anh, a representative from the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies, shared that the organization is running a program titled “A Hundred Businesses, Thousands of Orders, Millions of Accounts.”
After two weeks of implementation, Mr. Duc Anh reported that the program has trained and assisted 25 businesses in setting up shops and establishing operational processes on e-commerce platforms.
“Moving forward, the program will support and organize live streaming sessions for these businesses, with expected revenue of each live stream session estimated to be between 200-300 million VND,” Mr. Duc Anh added.
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Source: Vietnam Insider