The Vietnam International Trade Fair 2022 (VIETNAM EXPO) will take place from December 1 to 3 in HCM City, expecting to draw 520 businesses.

According to the Viet Nam National Trade Fair & Advertising Company (Vinexad), the organiser of the event, the exhibition will cover 10,000sq.m at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC), attracting roughly 20,000 visitors.

The event has received registrations from foreign businesses from many countries and territories, including the UK, the US, Japan, Germany, Russia, Spain, Netherlands, Thailand, Switzerland, mainland China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Slovenia, Italy and Viet Nam.

The fair has four exhibition zones, the Vietnam Elevator Expo, Hardware and Hand Tools, Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair and Garden and Landscape.

The Korean national pavilion will also be one of the event’s features. With a total area of nearly 500sq.m, some 61 businesses will be exhibiting products that are South Korea's strengths such as beauty products and equipment, household appliances and consumables and digital technology that come from leading manufacturing regions such as Gyeonggi, Incheon and Daejeon.

A number of forums, conferences and workshops by sector and market will be held on the sidelines of the event to help local enterprises gain broader access to both domestic and foreign partners.

First held in 1991, the annual VIETNAM EXPO has become a prestigious event for Vietnamese firms to introduce their products and seek partnerships. — VNS