Further building the U.S. red meat brand in Vietnam, USMEF partnered with a leading importer to promote using U.S. pork and beef in hot pot dishes.
Funded by the USDA Market Access Program (MAP) and the National Pork Board, the retail activity with Thao Tien was designed to engage Vietnamese shoppers with education and tastings.
U.S. pork and beef were featured at “Hot Pot Day,” a USMEF promotion conducted at an Aeon retail store in Vietnam
USMEF’s “Hot Pot Day” was held at an Aeon retail location in Ho Chi Minh City. Along with samples of U.S. pork and beef hot pot, customers who purchased U.S. pork and beef items were given special gifts such as U.S. pork cooler bags.
Yin noted that keeping U.S. red meat in the spotlight in an emerging market like Vietnam is key to growing demand.
“Vietnamese customers are familiar with U.S. beef’s quality, but it is important to refresh their knowledge of the product’s availability through events like this,” she said. “On the other hand, U.S pork is quite new to Vietnam, in general. There has been a concern about the quality of imported frozen pork versus local fresh pork. But this event was able to show them that U.S. frozen pork is of superior quality to local pork.”
U.S. pork promotional items were given to customers who purchased U.S. pork products at the event