Beautycare Expo 2024 opens in Hanoi

The Beautycare Expo 2024 kicked off Hanoi on April 18, featuring over 250 booths from more than 15 countries and territories.
Beautycare Expo 2024 opens in Hanoi ảnh 1Representatives cut ribbons to kick off the event. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Beautycare Expo 2024 kicked off Hanoi on April 18,featuring over 250 booths from more than 15 countries and territories.

The three-day gathering serves as a pivotal event in the beauty sector,showcasing cutting-edge solutions and technologies from countries andterritories such as Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Japan,Singapore, mainland China, Taiwan (China), Morocco and more. It presents anauspicious platform for businesses to extend their networks, forge newpartnerships and seek international collaborative ventures.

A wide array of products is on display and introduced at the event, rangingfrom cosmetics, spa products, massage essentials and cosmetology items toskincare solutions, haircare products, nail accessories, oral hygiene products,OEM/ODM services, packaging options, private labels, beauty supplements,contact lenses and fashion glasses.

Beyond B2B engagements, the expo encompasses diverse activities, including aforum addressing the 2024 beauty industry market and a livestream sessionfeaturing renowned beauty influencers.

At the opening ceremony, Ha Thi Phuong Lam, Chairwoman of Adpex JSC and GlobalExhibition and Conference JSC – the event organiser, emphasised the escalatingdemand for quality beauty solutions amid socio-economic advancement. Sheexpressed hopes that this expo would catalyse bilateral cooperation betweennations and bolstering business ties in Vietnam and across Southeast Asia.

Park Su Keun, President of the Busan Cosmetics Business Association, expressedhis motivation for joining the Beautycare Expo 2024 in Hanoi, citing theapparent convergence and interconnection of beauty trends between the RoK and Vietnam./.
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