Fair highlights specialties of four southern provinces
A trade fair introducing local specialties of four southern provinces - An Giang, Dong Thap, Long An and Tay Ninh - opened in Chau Doc city of An Giang on July 24.
Making rice papers, a specialty of Tay Ninh province (Photo: VNA)
An Giang (VNA) – A trade fair introducing local specialties of four southernprovinces - An Giang, Dong Thap, Long An and Tay Ninh - opened in Chau Doc cityof An Giang on July 24.
The three-day event features more than 1,000 products of 50 businesses from theprovinces, including rice, dried fruits, juice, tea and fish products.
It offers a chance for local companies to promote provincial specialties totourists and people in An Giang in particular, according to the organisingboard.
Director of the An Giang Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Minh Hung saidthat the province has devised measures to help firms resume business andproduction activities in post-COVID-19.
The event is among efforts of the provinces to expand market, bolster trade anddomestic consumption in the post-pandemic period, he added./.
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Making rice papers, a specialty of Tay Ninh province (Photo: VNA) 
