Information from the Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands said that in the near future, a delegation of purchasing businesses operating in many fields will come to Vietnam to seek partners at the International Supplier Connection Event Series - Viet Nam International Sourcing 2023 from September 13-15 in City. Ho Chi Minh.

It is expected that the delegation will include representatives of a number of corporations, distributors, retailers, and trading companies headquartered in the Netherlands with branches throughout Europe.

The main purchasing fields of these businesses are importing Asian food products (dried foods, frozen foods), ceramics, kitchen utensils, and dining tables. Also attending the delegation will be businesses from the Dutch seafood association; importers and distributors of outdoor furniture as well as businesses operating in the logistics field.

In addition, the delegation also includes businesses operating in the field of e-commerce, trading all processed agricultural products and non-food products from Vietnam. The e-commerce platform operated by this business to date has more than 20 products from Vietnam meeting EU standards with green and sustainable criteria, operating through a B2B model, supported by supermarkets, Dutch shops, eateries, and restaurants trust and order.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, there will soon be a series of international business delegations connected, organized and participating in this year's Vietnam International Sourcing Event Series by the Vietnam Trade Office system abroad. This is an unprecedented event that recognizes the strong participation of more than 60 Trade Offices/branches of the Vietnam Trade Office, through event promotion activities in the host country to create a spillover effect to other countries. importers, distribution channels, foreign business associations.

Through conferences, seminars, trade connection activities and the International Goods Supply Chain Connection Exhibition - Viet Nam International Sourcing Expo 2023, the Dutch business delegation hopes to find more partners. Buy reputable products from Vietnam, as well as collect more useful information about Vietnamese goods to diversify product sources for their distribution system in the local market. During the series of events, these businesses also planned to survey, work with suppliers, and visit factories' production processes.

Also according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands, since the COVID-19 pandemic, consumer trends in the Netherlands have had major changes, the most significant being the habit of shopping for goods online, especially in fields such as clothing, footwear, interior and exterior decorations, and household consumer goods.

This trend has been around for a long time in the Netherlands, but changed most strongly during the pandemic period and continues to maintain today due to many benefits, such as a 30-day return and exchange policy, an online shopping system. Online shopping is very diverse and richer than stores and shopping centers. Along with that, the trend of working from home at least 2 days a week is increasingly popular among state agencies and businesses. This trend leads to more food consumption at home than at restaurants or eateries.

In addition, the consumption trend from quantity to "extreme quality" is increasingly popular not only in the Netherlands, in which healthy food products, reusable or environmentally friendly packaging are the Priority criteria when choosing products. This trend directly impacts input materials, goods production processes, and compliance requirements of manufacturing enterprises and goods circulation.

Minh Toan