Seminar "Exploring Market and Product Information through International Trade Databases"
On April 6, 2024, at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, the Faculty of International Economics and the Organizing Committee of the Economist Up 2024 Competition - Integration Journey successfully organized the seminar “Exploring Market and Product Information through International Trade Databases”. This is the first seminar in the series of activities of the competition for the top 8 best teams entering the semi-final round, which aims to provide students with knowledge of Vietnam's export activities.
The discussion took place with the presence of speakers: Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong - Vice Dean of the Faculty of International Economics of the Diplomatic Academy, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Economist Up 2024 Competition - Integration Journey and The Flying Kite Team - Champion of the Economist Up 2023 Contest. Additionally, the discussion saw active participation from eight outstanding teams, who have advanced to the semi-finals of the Economist Up 2024 Competition.
Opening the discussion, Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong expressed her excitement at the active response of students from the Top 8 teams of the Economist Up 2024 Competition - Integration Journey. She also highlighted the adjustments made to the exam structure, designed to better align with the competition's objectives and cater to the needs of the candidates.
During the seminar, Dr. Minh Phuong shared information on using different platforms to choose suitable export markets and products. In the seminar, she also shared that the most suitable platform for the contestants in this contest is "ITC Trademap". In addition, The Flying Kite competition team shared their journey to reach the Champion of Economist Up 2023, in which the team pointed out the difficulties while performing the competition and how to overcome them. The Flying Kite also gave some useful advice to this year's teams.
In addition, the participating teams had the opportunity to directly ask about the difficulties encountered in choosing markets and products and received many useful and sincere shares from speakers.
The seminar unfolded in an open atmosphere, providing a lot of useful information for the participating teams.With the lead of Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong and The Flying Kite team, it is hoped that this seminar has equipped students with the necessary tools to kickstart their project development and propel them towards success in the competition.
Nguyen Khanh Huyen - Organizing Commitee of Economist Up 2024