The International East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) Trade and Tourism Fair 2017 is taking place in Da Nang from 11 - 16 August.

Visitors to EWEC Trade Investment and Tourism Fair (Source: baomoi.com)

This year’s fair features nearly 350 stands from around 200 businesses and organisations from localities nationwide and such foreign countries as South Africa, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Hungary and Indonesia.  They are showcasing their products and services in the fields of electricity, electronics, information technology, furniture, interior décor, handicrafts, hotels and restaurants.

A workshop on cooperation and the development of services on the EWEC and arts performances will be organised during the six-day event.

Memoranda of Understanding on cooperation between participating businesses are also expected to be signed within the framework of the fair.

Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Tran Van Mien said that the fair offers a chance for participating businesses to seek their partners, further develop their business and production activities, as well as promote their products to consumers.

The EWEC is an economic development programme initiated to promote the development and integration of four Southeast Asian countries, namely Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Viet Nam. The concept was agreed upon in 1998 at the Ministerial Conference of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), organised in Manila, the Philippines. The corridor became operational on 12 December 2006.

It was created based on a road stretching 1,450 km across Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Viet Nam, from Mawlamyine in Myanmar to Da Nang in Viet Nam, and is one of the key economic corridors in the GMS.  This aims to deepen integration and trade and investment links, and reducing poverty in the region.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)