Contracts totally worth over 270 billion VND (12.8 million USD) were signed at the International Exhibition of Construction, Building Materials, Housing and Interior Décor (Vietbuild 2012) in the southern city of Can Tho from October 11-15.

Jointly organised by the Ministry of Construction and the municipal People’s Committee, the event took the theme “Develop and transfer construction technology in Vietnam” and drew the participation of 261 Vietnamese businesses, not to mention others from the Republic of Korea, Japan, Indonesia, China, Germany, Italy, Thailand and Malaysia.

As many as 40,000 domestic and foreign visitors had a chance to find out about construction materials, interior and exterior decor, and technologies used in the construction industry from 450 stands at the exhibition.-VNA