HCMCity (VNA) – The Vietnam Supporting Industry Fair (VSIF) 2022 and the Vietnam Hardware & Hand Tools Expo 2022 (VHHE) kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1.
Hostedby the municipal Department of Industry and Trade, the three-day events feature 255booths from over 200 local and foreign businesses, and prestigious brands from12 countries and territories around the world.
Theyaim to improve competitiveness and promote industrial production cooperation betweenVietnamese enterprises and foreign partners in Vietnam, and partnerships in supplyingproducts to end-to-end production firms and foreign enterprises operating in thecountry.
The VSIF2022 displays components of products serving the supporting industry.Meanwhile, the VHHE showcases products with wide application in many industriesfrom manufacturing, repairing, to assembling.
Vice Director of the municipal department Nguyen Thi KimNgoc said the events are expected to promote the attractiveness of the domesticmarket in order to attract investment, transfer technology, and bolster cooperationin building global supply chains via the involvement of international brands.
Italso aims to promote exports and stimulate consumption of Made-in-Vietnamproducts.
Inaddition to business connection activities, there are also a number of seminarson developing supporting industry supply chains for the electronic and electricalindustry, supply capacity of supporting industry, and experience to promotedevelopment in supply chains in the framework of the events./.
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A booth at the fairs (Photo:VNA) 
