On Wednesday evening, the Da Nang Industry and Trade Promotion Centre-organised Spring Fair 2022 officially opened at the Da Nang International Exhibition Fair Centre at 9 Cach Mang Thang Tam Street in Cam Le District.

Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Tran Phuoc Son made his attendance at the opening ceremony of the fair.

A variety of Vietnamese reasonably-priced products, especially Tet foods, are now being sold at over 150 stands of the Spring Fair 2022 which is taking place at the Da Nang International Exhibition Fair Centre, 9 Cach Mang Thang Tam. IN THE PHOTO: Visitors buying products at the fair. Photo: QUYNH TRANG

Wide variety of items on sale

This year’s fair features a total of more than 150 stands of many businesses and cooperatives in Da Nang and other localities nationwide such as Quang Nam, Ho Chi Minh City, Bac Ninh, Binh Dinh, Dong Nai and Hai Duong.

On display at the event are a wide range of essential items at 20-70% discount to serve people's Tet shopping needs, including confectionery, food, household appliances, clothes, fashion items, footwear, and cosmetics. Stalls selling dried seafood are attracting the largest number of visitors.

With bags of dried and seasoned squid, and of dried fish with sun in his hands, Mr. Nguyen Minh, residing in Cam Le District’s Khue Trung Ward, said he planned to buy some dried seafood to present to his relatives in Nghe An Province as Tet gifts. He added that he liked visiting the fair because of a wide range of Tet products are on sale there.

Mr. Huynh Van Muoi, Director of Kim Thanh General Trading Service Production Cooperative in Thanh Khe District, said the unit brought to the fair a variety of processed products of mushrooms such as braised abalone mushrooms, salted mushrooms, mushroom jams, fish sauce made from mushrooms, and reishi mushroom wine.

Most of the aforementioned products meet VietGap standards, and are granted with the certificates of conformity to food safety regulations by the municipal Department of Health and the trademark registration certificates by the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam.

“Coming to this fair, we want to introduce our cooperative's products to a large number of consumers in order to promote the sales during the upcoming Tet Festival, as well as look for potential and loyal customers for the cooperative" added Mr. Muoi.

Meanwhile, the Nhat Thanh Trading & Development Co., Ltd based in Cam Le District is offering high quality rice products such as ST25 rice, Golden Straw, Song Que, Hong Hac, Lotus, and Thien Nga Trang at the ongoing fair.

Mr. Nguyen Nhat Nam, Head of the company’s Sales Office, remarked the fair provided the opportunity for participating businesses to introduce their products to customers, promote their brand names, and expand consumption markets after a long hiatus due to COVID-19.

Vice Chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee Tran Phuoc Son (second, left) visiting a stall at the fair. Photo: VAN HOANG

COVID-19 prevention and control work ensured

The fair’s organisers have developed a plan for COVID-19 prevention and control, such as coordinating with the Center for Disease Control of Cam Le District to spray disinfectant during the fair to prevent the spread of COVID-19, asking fair-goers to have their body temperature measured and use QR code for medical declarations at the entrance gate, giving free face masks to those in need, and preparing a temporary medical isolation room to promptly handle cases of suspected infections.

The organisers also require businesses to equip hand sanitizer at their stalls, as well as encourage businesses and customers to use cashless payments, and strictly adhere to 5K recommendations of the Ministry of Health.

Director of the Industry and Trade Promotion Centre Le Thanh Ha informed that during the opening ceremony of the fair, the municipal Department of Industry and Trade granted trademark registration certificates to collectives, units and enterprises that had received the approval of trademark registrations from the National Office of Intellectual Property, and the Ministry of Science and Technology over the past time.

Mrs. Le Thi Kim Phuong, the Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade, expressed her hope that the 2022 Spring Fair would continue to be a destination for businesses and consumers to promote trade activities in the last days of the lunar year.

The fair is free of charge and runs until January 24 from 8:30 am to 10:00 pm daily.

Reporting by QUYNH TRANG - Translating by M.DUNG