Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led the Vietnamese delegation attending this event.
 Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh leads the Vietnamese delegation to attend the Opening Ceremony of CAEXPO and CABIS 2023 – Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac |
The Vietnamese business delegation participating in CAEXPO this year has the largest scale in ASEAN with 250 booths on an area of 5,000 m2, including a variety of quality goods and services, meeting the needs and tastes of the market. China and ASEAN partners.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and delegation heads attended the Opening Ceremony - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac |
CAEXPO is an annual fair held since 2004 under China's initiative and received positive response from ASEAN member countries. Over the years, the fair has become a major multilateral economic and trade cooperation platform for ASEAN and China, gathering a large number of businessmen and investors.
 The 20th CAEXPO and activities within the fair take place from September 16-19. This is an activity in a series of events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN strategic partnership. |
At this fair, the CAEXPO Organizing Committee deployed many contents to upgrade the fair version to be more comprehensive. In addition to displaying goods, there are also more than 100 trade and investment promotion events, conferences and seminars of ASEAN member countries and other countries.
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| Delegates attending the Opening Ceremony – Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac |
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN Strategic Partnership and the 20th anniversary of CAEXPO. Therefore, CAEXPO 2023 is prepared more elaborately with "Four comprehensive upgrades" including: Comprehensive upgrading of the high-level dialogue mechanism; Expand further in scale and enrich investment promotion activities to comprehensively upgrade ASEAN-China economic and trade efficiency; Comprehensive upgrade of "Nan Ninh Canal"; Comprehensive upgrade of the Unlimited Collaboration Platform.
