Policy Dialogue in Vietnam to promote Fair Trade

The dialogue session focused on the following main contents: roles of Fair Trade development and Fair Trade market, proposals for policy change in developing Fair Trade in Vietnam, brand building and value improvement for agricultural products with Fair Trade orientation.

At the event, Mrs Miriam Garcia Ferrer and Ms Colette O’driscoll, working at the European Union (EU) delegation in Vietnam, represented the European Union. From Vietnam government officers, were present Mr. Tran Ngoc Quan, deputy general director of EU Market Department (Ministry of Trade), Mr Do Kim Lang, deputy general director of Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Trade), Mr An Van Khanh, deputy general director of Processing of agro products (Ministry of Agriculture).

From the Fair Trade movement, there were Mrs Christine Gent, director of World Fair Trade Organisation Asia, and Mr Tran ban Hung, representative of Fairtrade International in Vietnam. Additionally, there were chairpersons of handicraft associations, tea association, coffee and cacao association and companies in five sectors.

For more info, you may read this article in English by Vietnam News.