VIFA-EXPO 2015, held over four days by the HCM City Departmentof Industry and Trade and the Handicraft and Wood Industry Associationof HCM City (HAWA), featured 180 Vietnamese enterprises across 900stalls. The displayed products include wooden products, fine arts andinterior decorations.
This year’s event also drew producers from17 countries and territories including Belgium, Denmark, France, theRepublic of Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Industry and TradeTran Tuan Anh said that despite the ripple effects of the globaleconomic recession, Vietnamese wooden product exports still grew by 11.5percent with a value of 6.23 billion USD last year.
He said theresults were spurred by businesses’ efforts to improve their brands andproduct quality while enhancing promotion activities for exports andmarket development.
The VIFA EXPO is organised annually with theintention to create favourable conditions for producers to enhance theirmarketing capacity, popularise brand names and seek trade partners andconsumers.
Numerous programmes are scheduled to take place duringthe fair, such as Vietnam’s Apricot Award, conferences on increasingtraining quality for the wood processing sector, and advantages andchallenges for exporting to the American market.-VNA