The Viet Nam Agricultural Product Week 2018 will offer various kinds of farm produce such as fruits, vegetables, aquatic products, processed food and beverages at France’s Rungis market from June 26-28.

France is the third-biggest economy in Europe and sixth in the world with a population of 66 million, according to Hoang Van Du, deputy director of the Agricultural Trade Promotion Centre under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Rungis is one of the biggest farm produce markets in the globe, which provides agricultural products for the French capital and surrounding areas home to 18 million people, he said.

Paris and France in general are home to a large number of Asian people who have great demand for made-in-Asia farm produce, he added. Each day, up to 6,000 tonnes of farm produce are transported to the market, one-tenth of which are transported to the nearby airport for outbound shipment, Du unveiled.

The forthcoming event will feature a wide range of activities to promote Vietnamese agricultural products to French distributors and wholesalers, restaurants, hotels and supermarkets as well as increase business-to-business connectivity, he said.