Introduction
International
Market Development and Investment JSC is a Vietnamese
company specialized in
equitable trading
and
consulting
in the agriculture sector in Vietnam.
The company is
committed to the development of the rural sector in Vietnam, and
believes that the best way to accomplish sustainable development is
by doing business in a fair and ethical way with people in the
sector.
Latest News
Be Fair Award: MDI was lucky enough to win the inaugural Be Fair Award for promoting South-South Fairtrade. MDI was selected the winner from an international field of 23 entries from 16 countries and collected the award from the Belgian Minister for Development Cooperation, Charles Michel at a ceremony in Brussels on the 6th October 2009. We are very grateful to the Trade for Development Centre of BTC for supporting this award and we feel very humble to have been selected as the winner against many very successful international organizations.
Raising Awareness about Fairtrade in Korea: MDI Director, Nguyen Tuyet Minh made a presentation at the International Fair Trade Seminar organized by the Europe-Korea Foundation on September 22nd, 2009 in Seoul, Korea. The purpose of the Seminar was to raise awareness of Fairtrade in Korea, and Ms. Minh made a presentation highlighting the benefits and challenges of developing Fairtrade systems in Vietnam.
Hong Kong Food Fair: for the second year in a row, MDI participated in the Hong Kong Food Fair to promote Vietnamese Fairtrade products to the Hong Kong market and international buyers. There was a lot of interest generated by the Vietnamese products at the Food Fair and we are grateful to Oxfam Hong Kong for their continued support for developing country organizations to enter the Hong Kong Market.
Betterday Fairtrade Snow Mountain Black Tea, Fairtrade green tea and Fairtrade jasmine tea is now available in teabags - conveniently packed in 50g boxes (25 teabags of 2g).
MDI has released Betterday raw and roast/salted cashews in Vietnam, the first Fairtrade cashew products on the Vietnamese market. Cashews are available in vacuum packed 200g size.
Equitably Traded Products
MDI is specialized in equitably traded agricultural products and handicraft products. Agricultural products which the company is currently working with include coffee, green tea, jasmine tea, ancient tree tea, snow mountain tea and cashews.
MDI is the first Fairtrade certified exporter and processor of cashew kernels in Vietnam, and is a Fairtrade certified exporter and processor of tea. MDI is also the first Vietnamese Fairtrade licensee which can develop labelled Fairtrade products for sale in the domestic market and also for export.
MDI is the world's first company from a developing country licensed to develop and sell Fairtrade labelled products.
For more details please see the products page or check out our Betterday products site.
Project Activities
In addition to trading activities, MDI has also participated in three international development projects in the agricultural and rural development sector in Vietnam. Read more about this on the project activities page.
Please visit the ACIAR Project Minisite to get information about MDI working with the Plant Protection Research Institute and Griffith University in one of the first examples of commercialization of agricultural research in Vietnam.
Thanks
| We would like to express our thanks to Oxfam Hong Kong who have kindly supported the launching of Betterday Fairtrade products into Vietnamese supermarkets, and with the introduction of Betterday Fairtrade products into Hong Kong. |
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As Vietnam rapidly integrates with the international economy, small producers are becoming increasingly linked with international commodity markets. MDI aims to assist producer groups to take advantage of these new opportunities on terms that are fair and equitable.
