Vietnam-Myanmar International Trade Fair 2009 kicked off at the Conference Centre in Yangon, Myanmar on November 19.

During the four-day event, 52 Vietnamese businesses introduced lots of products, including medicines, cosmetics, food, garments and textiles, footwear, electronics, office stationery, household utensils, building materials, fertilizers and rubber products.

Meanwhile, 10 Myanmar businesses brought to the fair aquatic products, consumer goods, traditional handicrafts and artworks made of gemstone.

Vietnam is now one of Myanmar’s 16 biggest importers, mainly for agricultural and forestry products and seafood. It exports to Myanmar products such as steel, electronics, medicines, chemicals, computers, plastics, cosmetics and diezel oil.

In the past three quarters, trade exchange between Vietnam and Myanmar reached US$60 million. In 2008, two-way trade turnover fetched US$108.2 million, an increase of 11.27 percent from 2007.

Source: CPV