Over 200 firms to attend HCM City international exhibition of food and beverages
VOV.VN - More than 200 domestic and international firms are expected to gather at the Ho Chi Minh City international exhibition of food and beverages, scheduled for June 28 to June 30, heard a press conference held on May 19.
The expo will open with the theme of "Connecting values for mutual development", with a range of products on display belonging to the food category, cutting-edge equipment and technologies for food production, processing, packaging, and preservation.
The event will also contribute to honouring Vietnam's high-quality products, introducing its unique culinary culture in order to boost exports, as well as supporting firms to overcome difficulties caused by the impact of COVID-19 as they seek to gradually stabilise production activities.
Nguyen Dang Hien, vice president of the Ho Chi Minh City Food and Foodstuff Association (FFA), said the exhibition will open up fresh opportunities for the southern city’s enterprises as they try to expand trade exchanges and introduce Vietnamese-branded products to domestic, regional, and international markets.
Simultaneously, it will help businesses take the initiative in researching high quality products as they strive to compete in the domestic and foreign markets, he noted.