Thanks to effective measures undertaken by Quang Ninh’s authorities and localities, the quality of trade services in the province has been improved significantly.
Quang Ninh in general and localities within province in particular have paid attention to developing transport system to facilitate trade and attract investment projects. Creating favourable conditions for investors in term of administrative reforms, land clearance, market expansion… have also been put into concern. Quang Ninh now has 26 supermarkets, 6 trade centers, and 44 convenience shops.
Besides, in order to encourage local production and bring the products closer to both domestic and oversea visitors, Quang Ninh focuses on making plans for setting up and expanding OCOP product exhibition stalls at Van Don International Airport, convenience shops, Big C…
Along with trade infrastructure development, the quality of trade activities has been enhanced. Since the beginning of 2019, Quang Ninh has organized 5 trade exhibition fairs, 3 OCOP fairs, one fair to mark 60th traditional day of Vietnam's fisheries sector. It also worked with provinces and cities nationwide as well as foreign partners to advertise products at Cherry Blossom and Yellow Apricot Flowers Festival 2019, popularize provincial agricultural and aquatic products at Southwest region with the aim of exporting the products to China, introduce OCOP products at Dien Bien – Northwest Region International Trade Fair and OCOP International Fair in Ho Chi Minh City…
Thanks to the above-mentioned efforts, in the first 6 months of 2019, total retail sales and service revenue reached 48.5 billion VND, an increase of 18.8% over the same period of 2018, while import-export turnover gained 896 million USD.
Translated by Quynh Trang
