Secutech Vietnam 2017 to display latest fire control, security product
Secutech Vietnam 2017 to display latest fire control, security products
State-of-the-art products in fire protection and rescue, security and safety will be introduced at Secutech Vietnam 2017 which will be opened in Ho Chi Minh City from July 16.
The fire at a Karaoke shop at 68 Tran Thai Tong street, Hanoi. Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – State-of-the-art products in fire protection andrescue, security and safety will be introduced at the 10th InternationalSecurity, Fire and Safety Exhibition & Conference in Vietnam (SecutechVietnam 2017) which will be opened in Ho Chi Minh City from July 16.
The event will see the participation of 270 businesses from 18 countries andterritories, including Australia, China, Germany, India, the Republic of Korea,Taiwan (China), the UK and the US.
On the display at 460 booths will be fire-fighting robots, smoke machines andsurveillance system, among others.
Local people will have an opportunity to experience fire-fighting and rescueskills in different scenarios under the instruction of the municipal FirePrevention and Fighting Police Department and the University of Fire Preventionand Fighting.
Major General Do Minh Dung, deputy head of the Fire Prevention, Fighting andRescue Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, said that theexhibition offers a chance to domestic agencies and businesses to get access toadvanced technology to serve the increasing demands in surveillance, security,fire prevention and rescue.
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The fire at a Karaoke shop at 68 Tran Thai Tong street, Hanoi. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
