August 18, 2021 | 15:41 (GMT+7)
Over 10,000 Australian consumers to taste Vietnamese rice
A promotion program titled ‘Vietnam, Land of World’s Best Rice’ will present 10,000 bags of Vietnam’s Ban Mai Cung Dinh rice to consumers in Australia.
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Harvesting rice in Can Tho (Photo for illustration) |
Organized by the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia and a number of enterprises, the program features a series of activities between August 18 and September 27, aiming at trademark promotion and trade connectivity.
The rice gifts will be distributed via the M-Import company and MCQ supermarket chain.
In addition, AusViet company will also offer hundreds of promotional gifts of Vietnam’s ST25 and Jasmine Vilaconic rice trademarks in Melbourne.
In Sydney, an event inviting local people to try cooked rice using different Vietnamese rice products available in Australia is scheduled to be held based on local social distancing conditions.
A virtual rice exhibition will also take place at the end of the program.
According to the Trade Office, in July, despite the fact that Australia was cutting its rice import, Vietnamese rice exported to the market grew impressively by 37.03 percent from the same period last year.
Source: VNA