The buyers, including Samsung Electronics Vietnam, Techtronic Tools Vietnam, Nidec Powertrain System (Vietnam) Co. Ltd.
The event featured more than 500 pre-arranged hybrid networking sessions between the sides involved.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Vice Director of the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade Le Huynh Minh Tu said main activities like product displays and workshops are expected to help Vietnamese producers in the sector come up with long-term investment plans and step by step engage in global supply chains.
This year’s fair is hoped to promote solutions that can increase foreign funding in production via linking FDI firms to a network of domestic suppliers, the official noted.
According to statistics, five editions of the SFS drew the participation of 96 FDI business, industrial end-product manufacturers, and 370 supporting industrial enterprises from the southern economic hub and other provinces, with 1,320 face-to-face networking sessions held./.