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The 2026 Spring Fair has left a strong impression on both domestic visitors and international guests, drawing unexpectedly large crowds.
On the occasion of the first Spring Fair 2026, Vietnam’s Trade Counsellor in Italy Duong Phuong Thao highlighted trade promotion experience in Italy and key priorities for 2026 to strengthen Vietnam-Italy commerce.
At the 2026 Spring Fair, the image of the horse – the mascot of this Lunar Year – has emerged prominently across exhibition spaces and in a wide range of finely crafted gemstone sculptures.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man and his delegation visited and extended Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to 200 policy beneficiary families, poor households and those facing particularly difficult circumstances in Thanh Xuan commune, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, on February 13.
More than 14,660 tonnes of rice from the national reserve were allocated to 13 provinces and centrally-run cities to support people during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival and the between-crop period in 2026.
The Spring Fair 2026 welcomed more than 500,000 visitors, with total on-site sales estimated at over VND300 billion (US$11.55 million), excluding revenues generated from contracts and trade cooperation agreements sealed during the fair, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the closing ceremony of the first Glorious Spring Fair 2026 at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre (VEC) in Hanoi’s Dong Anh commune on February 13.
General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member and Minister of Public Security, received US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Michael DeSombre in Hanoi on February 13.
VOV.VN - Within the framework of the National Trade Promotion Programme of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Organic Agriculture Association (VOAA) organized a Vietnam Pavilion at Biofach 2026, the world’s leading trade fair for organic food, held from February 11 to 13 at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre in Germany.
VOV.VN - Vietnam always regards the US as one of its leading important partners and is ready to expand cooperation across a variety of fields for the benefit of both nations’ people, while making positive contribution to peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.