Visitors to the Vietnam International Machinery Fair and the Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair that opened in HCM City on December 12 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam InternationalMachinery Fair (VIMAF) and the Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair (VSIF) kickedoff in Ho Chi Minh City on December 12.
The first-ever events, held at the SaigonExhibition and Convention Centre, feature around 450 booths of 300 businessesfrom Vietnam and other countries, including the Republic of Korea, Singapore,Thailand and India.
They showcase a wide range of industrial productssuch as factory automation, products supporting hi-tech industries, metalworking machines and tools, factory equipment, electrical equipment, andindustrial spare parts and materials.
Major brands present at the three-day fairsinclude Doosan Infracore, Century Precision, Dae Jin Hydraulic, Shin MyungElectric MFG, and 3A Engineering.
Nguyen Phuong Dong, Deputy Director of the HCMCity Department of Industry and Trade, said the fairs are meant to help localbusinesses, particularly those in supporting industries, to introduce theirproducts, thereby encouraging them to make innovation to improve theirproduction capacity so that they can gradually take part in global supplychains.
Meanwhile, Dong-Youn Sohn, Chairman of theRepublic of Korea’s Association of Machinery Industry (KOAMI) – a co-organiser,said the VIMAF and the VSIF are those that industrial suppliers and producersshould not skip if they want to enter the Vietnamese market.
He added that during the fairs, leading speakersfrom the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology will also provide specialtraining to help improve participating engineers’ knowledge about and skills inoperating integrated smart technologies.
The VIMAF and the VSIF 2018 are organised by theHCM City Department of Industry and Trade, the HCM City Association ofMechanical-Electrical Enterprises, KOAMI, and the RoK-invested Coex Vietnamcompany. –VNA
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Visitors to the Vietnam International Machinery Fair and the Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair that opened in HCM City on December 12 (Photo: VNA) 
