International textile-garment expo opens in HCM City
The 2022 Vietnam Saigon Textile & Garment Industry – Fabric & Garment Accessories Expo (SaigonTex and SaigonFabric 2022) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27 morning, providing a platform for local and foreign producers to explore each other’s demand and seek partnership.
At the opening ceremony of SaigonTex and SaigonFabric 2022 (Photo: //vneconomy.vn/)
HCM City (VNA) – The 2022 Vietnam Saigon Textile& Garment Industry – Fabric & Garment Accessories Expo (SaigonTex and SaigonFabric2022) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 27 morning, providing a platform forlocal and foreign producers to explore each other’s demand and seekpartnership.
The exhibition features 278 exhibitors from 16 countries andterritories, including China, Germany, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia,Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan(China), Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam.
There are national pavilions hosting textile-garmentassociations and major brands, including those of the RoK, Taiwan, the US andVietnam. The Vietnamese pavilion showcases products from the Vietnam Textileand Apparel Association (VITAS), Vinatex and the HCM City Association of Garment,Textile, Embroidery and Knitting (AGTEK).
Addressing the event, VCCI Vice President Vo Tan Thanh saidSaigonTex and SaigonFabric 2022 offers a good opportunity for Vietnamese andforeign producers to introduce products, materials and advanced machinery intextile and garment; and to meet and seek partnership.
A series of symposiums will take place to update firms onnew policies and solutions and discuss ways for them to enhance capacity andcompetitiveness, according to Thanh.
Co-organised by the State-owned Vietnam NationalTextile-Garment Group (Vinatex) and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industryin HCM City (VCCI HCM), the event at the Saigon Exhibition and ConventionCentre will run until July 30./.
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At the opening ceremony of SaigonTex and SaigonFabric 2022 (Photo: //vneconomy.vn/) 
