Events

A press conference to announce the 2019 Vietnam Motor Show to be held in October in HCM City. — VNS Photo Fifteen Vietnamese and international auto brands, including Vinfast for the first time, will take part in the 2019 Vietnam Motor Show in HCM City in October this year. Organisers said they include Audi, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, VinFast, Volkswagen, and Volvo. There will also be many brands from supporting industries, service companies, car care, insurance and financial support services. The 20,000sq.m expo will have indoor and outdoor spaces, and is expected to attract 200,000 visitors who will come to see new models and state-of-the-art technologies and test drive vehicles. The event this year is expected to create a breakthrough, with 100 vehicles displayed and 150 shows organised at booths, the organisers said. Toru Kinoshita, president of the Viet Nam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA), said: … [Read more...] about HCMC to host Motor Show in October

A farmer displays his shrimp, cultivated in a shrimp farming zone in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu. — Photo Saigontimes.vn The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will for the first time host the VietShrimp, a fair on technology in the industry. The information was revealed by Nguyen Viet Thang, President of the Viet Nam Fisheries Society and head of the organising board, at a recent press conference on the biennial event. The VietShrimp 2020 will be held in March next year and will host more than 200 booths of domestic and international businesses in the fisheries industry and the shrimp sector. Numerous symposiums will be arranged in the fair, he added. Focusing on sustainable development, the fair will seek to bolster business connections and introduce new farming technologies and advanced models in the hope of raising quality and value of Viet Nams shrimp sector. — VNS … [Read more...] about Can Tho to host VietShrimp fair

An EducationUSA Graduate Fair will be held on September 14 at the Reverie Saigon Hotel in District 1. — Photo courtesy of the US Consulate General in HCM City The US Consulate General in HCM City will hold its first-ever EducationUSA Graduate Fair on September 14 at the Reverie Saigon Hotel in District 1. This is part of a multi-country fair series, with two stops in Ha Noi and HCM City on September 12 and 14, respectively. The EducationUSA Graduate Fair gives students the opportunity to interact one-on-one with representatives from 18 accredited US universities offering graduate-level programs, and two educational organisations. Through discussions with these representatives, students will learn more about the different options available to them in US higher education, including the graduate admissions process and scholarship opportunities for international students, such as the Fulbright Foreign Student programme. At the fair, students will be able to learn about the student … [Read more...] about EducationUSA Graduate Fair 2019 to be held in HCM City

Vietbuild Ha Noi 2019 will open its doors on Wednesday at the National Exhibition Construction Centre Ha Noi, featuring 1,600 pavilions from 18 countries and territories, organisers said at a press conference last week. — Photo Vietnamplus.vn Vietbuild Ha Noi 2019 will open its doors on Wednesday at the National Exhibition Construction Centre Ha Noi, featuring 1,600 pavilions from 18 countries and territories, organisers said at a press conference last week. The four-day event will draw more than 450 businesses, including 243 domestic firms, 125 joint ventures and 101 foreign enterprises and groups, Nguyen Dinh Cung, Vice President of the Viet Nam Association for Building Materials said. This is the second of three Vietbuild events in the capital this year, following the first in March with more than 1,600 pavilions by some 400 businesses from 18 countries and territories. — VNS … [Read more...] about Vietbuild 2019 returns to Ha Noi

Organisers of the 15th International Travel Expo HCM City introduce the event at a press briefing on Tuesday (August 27). — VNS Photo Thu Hang The 15th International Travel Expo HCM City (ITE HCMC), the largest travel event in Viet Nam and the Mekong sub-region, will be held next month. Various national tourism organisations and tourism promotion organisations will participate for the first time, including the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism and Seoul Tourism Organisation. Speaking at a media briefing earlier this week, Nguyen Thi Anh Hoa, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Tourism, said 10 seminars and forums would be held during the expo on various topics that visitors would find beneficial in keeping abreast of current travel trends. More than 10 events would also be arranged on the sidelines to facilitate the sustainable development of the tourism industry in the Mekong sub-region, she said. The seminars and forums would cover medical … [Read more...] about HCM City to host international travel exhibition next month