VINACAS GOLDEN CASHEW RENDEZVOUS: RENDEZVOUS OF WORLD CASHEW INDUSTRY

The Vinacas Golden Cashew Rendezvous (hereinafter referred to as the Conference) held annually by VINACAS has become an important event, a "golden rendezvous" that is always awaited by enterprises and interested people in domesticand foreign.

Since 2008, VINACAS has successfully organized 11 "Vinacas Golden Cashew th Rendezvous ". In the recent period (2016-2020), the 8, thth th 9,10 and11 ConferenceswereheldinDaNang(2016), Phu Quoc (2017), Ha Long (2018) and Hue (in 2019), respectively. In years of 2020, 2021, 2022, due to the th impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the 12 Conference is postponed to 2023. The conference is part of the national program on trade promotion organized by VINACAS in coordination with Vietnam Trade Promotion AgencyMinistryofIndustryandTrade.

The conference is considered a great event, receiving the attention and participation of enterprises, organizations and individuals in the global cashew value chain, such as manufacturers and traders of raw cashew, importers and exporters of raw and kernel cashews, processors, roasters, supermarkets, machinery and equipment manufacturers, consulting organizations, brokers , banks ... Besides, there are also representatives of many ministries and central and local branches in Vietnam; leaders of international and foreign organizations, such as the International Nut & Dried Fruit Council (INC), the African Cashew Alliance, the Cotton and Cashew Council of Ivory Coast, National Cashew AssociationofNigeria...

Improvement of organizational quality. Yearto-yearvariedtopics

The conference attracts more and more enterprises around the world to participate due to the impressive growth of Vietnam cashew industry and the professionalism in the organization. Each Conference attracts 300 - 500 domestic and foreign th attendants. Specifically, the 8 Conference in Da Nang attracted 300 attendants, of which more than half were foreign attendants from over 30 countries and territories. th The attendants continued to increase during the 9 Conference, to 400 national and international attendants from about 40 countries and territories. Similarly, in the th10 Conference in Ha Long, VINACAS welcomed about 400 attendants from 50 countries and territories. VINACAS increasingly shows its professionalism in organizing international trade promotion events, so it is always interested in the business community. Therefore, th the organization of the 11 Conference in Hue, despite changing the organization time, is still a great success, gathering nearly 250 attendants from 30 countries and territories.

VINACAS always innovates and improves the quality of the Conference. The topic of the conference varies from year to year, meeting the interest of enterprises in the industry, so it has received many compliments from domestic and foreign partners. 2016 th was the 11 consecutive year that Vietnam cashew industry held the world's leading position in cashew th kernel exports. Accordingly, at the 8 Conference, VINACAS chose the topic "Vietnam cashew industry is committed to cleaner production for public health". With this message, VINACAS wanted to send to customers a commitment to greener and cleaner production, bringing high quality, safe and environmental protection products. th At the 9 Conference (2017), VINACAS chose the topic

Especially, in association with the Vinacas Golden Cashew Rendezvous, VINACAS successfully organizedtwocaravantourprograms, including Phu Quoc caravan tour th combined with the 9 Conference, the sea caravan tour associated with th the10ConferenceinHaLong.Inthe caravan tour, VINACAS integrated the program of visiting cashew processing factories, giving customers peace of mind about food hygiene and safety when witnessing spacious facilities and using modern machinery, thereby customers saw the development potential as well as the processing capacity of Vietnam cashew industry, creating a solid basis for the establishment of sales contracts. Through the conference in combination with visits to cashew processing factories, the relationship between manufacturers - exportersimporters became closer and more mutuallyunderstanding.

"Talk about cashew, think about Vietnam" which highlighted the role and position of the Vietnam cashew industry in the international arena. At th the 10 Conference (2018), VINACAS chose the topic "Ha Long reunion - Talking about cashew, thinking about Vietnam", continuing to promote Vietnam cashew industry to the world. Through this event, VINACAS promotes bilateral and multilateral cooperation with international organizations and cashew organizations representing major cashew producing, processing and consuming countries in the world. Through 11 conferences, cashew enterprises in Vietnam and the world had the opportunity to access the latest and most realistic information on global cashew production and market, while effectively promoting their business brand. The Conference is also an opportunity for enterprises to understand the needs and recommendations of customers to come up with measures to develop productionandbusinessaswellasthe general development of the cashew industry. Therefore, the Conference becomes a "golden rendezvous" to meet, exchange and maintain business relationships between manufacturers, processors, importers and exporters, traders.... as well as seek investment cooperation opportunities between Vietnam enterprises and foreign partners; especially contributing to affirming the Vietnamese cashew brand to the internationalcommunity. th The 12 Vinacas Golden Cashew Rendezvous: “Talk about cashew,thinkaboutVietnam”

After many postponements due to the impact of the COVID-19 th pandemic, the 12 Vinacas Golden Cashew Rendezvous is going to be held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 26-28, 2023 with the topic "Talk aboutcashew,thinkaboutVietnam". th The 12 Conference is expected to welcome 350 attendants from more than 40 countries and territories around the world in the fields of cashew industry, such as production and business of raw cashew, import and export of raw and kernel cashew, processing, supermarket business, machinery and equipment manufacturing, brokering, banking and interested people…comingtoregistertoattend. th The 12 Conference is an opportunity to meet, maintain and develop the relationship between manufacturers - processorsexporters - importers – wholesalers, retailers - servicers - machinery and equipmentmanufacturers…

The Conference is considered as an "information room" of the world cashew industry with exclusive information and data from industry experts. According to the th Organizing Committee, the 12 Conference is going to organize talkshows on production and business in direction to the issues that the cashew industry in Vietnam and the worldareinterestedin.

At the Conference, there will be also bilateral meetings between enterprises in the industry; the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding, cooperation between the Cashew Associationsofothercountries...This is an opportunity for the leading enterprises of the cashew industry in Vietnam and other countries to have themosteffectivecashewdeals;seek investmentcooperationopportunities between Vietnam enterprises and foreign partners as well as seek longterm cooperation relationships with domestic and foreign supermarkets and retail outlets. Also through meeting and exchanging at the Conference, difficulties and obstacles in trade for the past time willalsoberesolved.

Besides the above contents, ththe12 Conferencewillalsoorganize the ceremony of awarding to the most outstanding and typical figures of the cashew industry; display some products of the cashew industry. Within the framework of this Conference, VINACAS Team & Partners will organize a visit to the cashewfactoryandcasheworchardin Tay Ninh - Cambodia. Tay Ninh is one of the largest cashew processing centers in Vietnam with dozens of large-scale facilities. At the same time, enterprises have the opportunitytovisitthelargestcashew growingcomplexinCambodia(about 2,000 hectares) with dozens of goodyieldcashewvarieties.

Tu Anh