Embassy seeks to expand agricultural and food trade with Switzerland

The delegation, led by Ambassador Phung The Long, visited the town's traditional weekend market, where a variety of locally produced vegetables and foods were available for purchase. At this market, the Vietnamese-owned restaurant Maison Viet offered a variety of Vietnamese dishes.

Ly Huu Bao, owner of Ly Thanh food store, was also present and spoke to the delegation about the competitiveness of Vietnamese products in Switzerland, expresses his hope to have more quality Vietnamese products in his store.

Ambassador Phung The Long visits the pavilion of the Maison Viet Restaurant at the weekend market in Vevey town.

The delegation also went to Vevey's Alimentarium, the world's first food-themed museum, where more than 10,000 items are on display, including a tea set made in Vietnam's renowned Bat Trang pottery village.

Ambassador Nguyen Thi Thuc, President of the Swiss-Vietnamese Business Gateway (SVBG) and omembers discussed cooperation potential and measures to enhance trade as well as sharing information about scientific and technical advances in agriculture, forestry, harvesting, preservation, and processing between Swiss and Vietnamese localities.

Vietnam can learn from Switzerland's agricultural techniques and food processing to improve product quality and meet European export requirements, according to Long. In addition, he suggested the establishment of a Vietnamese business association in Switzerland, which, according to him, will facilitate the exchange of information and create business opportunities.