Over 250 firms to join textile-garment expo in November

In addition to domestic firms, exhibitors from Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, the Republic of Korea (RoK), India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Taiwan (China), and China will showcase their machinery, equipment and materials for the textile and garment sector at nearly 500 stalls of the exhibition, the organizers said at a recent news briefing.

Compared to last year, the stall area of VTG 2016 will increase by 80% as there will be more exhibits, including machines and equipment for weaving, automated fabric cutting, yarn spinning, dyeing, embroidery and knitting, chemicals, machinery for printing patterns on fabric, and garment accessories.

Pham Xuan Hong, chairman of the HCMC Association of Garment- Textile-Embroidery-Knitting (AGTEK), said enterprises in the sector have high demand for advanced technologies to raise their output to compete with imported products, so the exhibition will be an opportunity for them to find what they want.

VTG 2016 is considered a good opportunity for suppliers and manufacturers in the sector to meet.

The organizers said there will be conferences on the impact of free trade agreements on the domestic garment and textile industry, regulations on the origin of products, updates about the current situation and prospects of the country’s cotton and fiber supply chain, and advanced technologies for local firms to improve competitiveness.

VTG 2016 is organized by Vietnam National Trade Fair and Advertising Company (Vinexad), Taiwan’s ChanChao International Co Ltd, Hong Kong’s Yorkers Trade & Marketing Service Co Ltd and Paper Communication Exhibition Services, AGTEK and the Vietnam Cotton & Spinning Association (VCOSA).

VTG 2015 attracted around 12,000 visitors and saw many contracts signed.