HÀ NỘI The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Association of Việt Nam Retailers (AVR) opened a conference yesterday in Hà Nội to promote links within Việt Nam’s goods supply chain and sustainable co-operation between manufacturers and distributors. Vũ Thị Hậu, AVR vice chairwoman, said the conference aimed to build supply chains for consumer goods and speciality agricultural products. Speaking at the conference, Đỗ Hoàng Thạch, director of Việt Nam Agricultural Trade Promotion Joint Stock Company, said the supply chain was important to the industry. Revenue rose 10.2 per cent in 2016, 10.9 per cent in 2017 and 11.7 per cent last year. Nga said these were results of the remarkable efforts of the association and its member companies to strengthen supply chains to bring quality products to consumers.