Lao-Thai SME fair opens

VIENTIANE MACH 04 (KPL) - The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Fair 2010 opened on Wednesday and will run until 7 March at the Lao International Trade Exhibition and Convention Centre (Lao-ITECC), under the slogan “SME Capacity Building: win for ASEAN market.
The exhibition was sponsored by the Small and Medium Enterprises Office of Thailand and the Lao-Thai Business Chamber.
The main objective of the SME fair is to improve entrepreneurship and expand SME market to international market in the future.
This is the second time we hold SME fair after our first one in Luang Prabang receive good feedback from businesses, said Director General of Office of Small and Medium Enterprises of Thailand, Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn.
The fair will provide opportunity for Lao and Thai SME entrepreneurs, he said.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ms. Khemmany Pholsena said at the opening ceremony on Wednesday that the SME promotion was very important because it contributed to the improvement of living condition of the Lao people and the national economic growth.
The fair features around 300 booths of Lao and Thai entrepreneurs.
Goods and products were displayed and on sales at the fair, including household utensils, consumer goods and food products.
Deputy President of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Sanan Chounlamany, Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ms. Khemmany Pholsena, Ambassador of Thailand to Laos, Mr. Wiboon Khusakul, Director General of Office of Small and Medium Enterprises of Thailand, Mr.
Yuttasak Supasorn and representatives of relevant sectors were present at the
ceremony.