Laos to host fair to promote local products

VIENTIANE, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Laos is preparing to hold the Made in Laos fair to encourage Lao people to use more local products and mobilize people to increase the manufacturing of products, as well as help to add value to export goods.
The fair is scheduled to take place from Sept. 28 to Oct. 7 in Lao capital Vientiane, Lao National Radio reported on Tuesday.
The event will showcase locally made products, such as handicrafts, cotton and silk clothes, furniture and home decoration, agricultural items, food and drink products, industrial and electronic equipment, beauty products, and One District One Product items.
It will also promote small-scale production units progressing to medium-scale and large-scale enterprises. This will help them to become standard production industrial units in terms of the quantity and quality of products that can compete in the domestic market and be exported to international markets.
In addition, the fair will be an opportunity for business units looking for new business partners or launching new products for domestic and international customers.
The event will serve as a platform for facilitating knowledge sharing to promote domestic production.
The event will also promote tourism, tradition and culture, as well as trade and investment in Laos. ■