An international fair for Vietnamese enterprises will be held for the first time at the International Trade Promotion Center (Rainbow Center) in Ukraine’s Kiev City on September 16^th – 22^th.

The HCMC Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) in coordination with Thai Son Corporation and N-M Co. last week held a meeting to introduce the fair.

Yevhen Prypik, Ukrainian commercial counselor, introduces the trade opportunities in Ukraine to Vietnamese enterprises at the meeting. (Photo: Uyen Vien/ thesaigontimes.vn)

Speaking at the meeting, Yevhen Prypik, Ukrainian commercial counselor, said that products which could find trade opportunities in Ukraine included agricultural products like tea, coffee, black pepper, red pepper, seafood and processed food, as well as woodwork, handicraft products, electronic products and building materials.

The fair themed “the path linking Eastern and Western markets” will have a display area of over 12,000 square meters. In addition to Vietnamese enterprises, the fair will also attract the participation of foreign enterprises from Asia, Eastern Europe and Ukraine.

A booth at the fair will have nine square meters with a leasing price of USD 30 per square meter per day for normal locations and USD50 for good locations. To support local enterprises attending the fair, Rainbow Center will offer a discount of 60 per cent on the leasing cost and other services at the center.

Rainbow Center having a total area of 4.5 hectares was put into service last October invested by overseas Vietnamese businesswoman Tran Thi Lan in cooperation with Thai Son Corporation.

Enterprises wishing to attend the fair in Ukraine need to contact the Trade Promotion Department under ITPC at 51 Dinh Tien Hoang Street in District 1./.

( VNF/SaigonTimes )