Data from ITC''s Trade Map showed that some important export products of Việt Nam are holding the top position in the UK market, including pepper, shelled cashew nuts, footwear and coffee.
Viet Nam News reporter Ly Ly Cao talked to Nguyen Minh Tien, Director of the Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, to learn more about selling OCOP products to the UK.
Even though there are requirements needed to meet, Vietnamese pineapple products have seen huge potential in European market, including the United Kingdom.
Vietnamese businesses are advised to better exploit the UK-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) to build and develop their brands to expand presence in the UK market amid stiffer competition driven by the “Global Britain” policy.
The market for plant-based foods is surging globally after the pandemic, presenting an opportunity for Vietnamese vegetarian food exporters, of which the UK is a promising market.
To take full of opportunities and effectively tap into this lucrative market is not an easy task for most local firms, said Nguyen Canh Cuong, trade counsellor at Viet Nam''s Embassy to the UK.
A conference on UK-Việt Nam business relations in Ha Noi on September 9 was told that a strong
trademark that meets certified international health and environmental
standards would bring more Vietnamese commodities to the UK market.