Its main exports include footwear, garments and textiles and products made of wood.— Photo baodongnai

DONG NAI (Biz Hub) — The southern province of Dong Nai held a conference on Monday with the aim of helping its businesses expand their market and seek cooperation with businesses in other countries.

The province will focus especially on the United Arab Emirates and also develop relations with Cambodia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Australia, Chile and Myanmar.

Dong Nai will organise trade promotion activities, hold conferences to implement signed free trade agreements and anticipate the advantages that will be brought by the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, which is expected to be signed this year.

Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade Le Van Danh said that Dong Nai's export turnover surpassed US$10 billion in 2013, accounting for 10 per cent of the national figure. Its main exports include footwear, garments and textiles and products made of wood.— VNS