Vietnam News Network

Vietnamese firms have ample opportunity to do business in the US, especially in California, which is home to the biggest Vietnamese community, a trade conference held in the state recently heard.

Seventeen Vietnamese businesses in the tourism, processed foods, fine arts and handicrafts and household items production industries attended the conference and the Asia – US trade fair.

Demos Vardiabasis, chairman of a California-based entertainment and tourism consultancy, called the event a good opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to introduce their products to the US market.

But firms looking to do business in the US should invest time in looking for partners, he said.

Tu Minh Thien, director of the HCM City-based Investment and Trade Promotion Centre and head of the Vietnamese delegation, told other delegates about his country's economy and the advantages of doing business in Viet Nam, especially in HCM City.

He urged US and Asian businesses to invest in Viet Nam.

The annual trade conference and fair, organised by the non-profit China US Business Association, aims to create business opportunities and bridge the US and Asian markets.

The event in which Viet Nam participated for the first time attracted businesses from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Mongolia.