Hanoi Gift Show 2018 opens

The Hanoi Gift Show 2018 opened on October 17, attracting the participation of hundreds of foreign importers seeking cooperation opportunities with Vietnamese businesses.
Hanoi Gift Show 2018 opens ảnh 1A stall at the Hanoi Gift Show 2018 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi GiftShow 2018 opened on October 17, attracting the participation of hundreds offoreign importers seeking cooperation opportunities with Vietnamese businesses.

The event features more than 100 new productsby domestic and foreign designers, including winners of a handicraft designcontest this year.

With more than650 stalls by nearly 250 domestic and foreign firms from India, Nepal, Japan,the Republic of Korea and China, the show is expected to lure some 12,000visitors, including more than 600 importers from the US, Europe, Japan,Australia, Canada and Brazil. 

Within the framework of the event, therewill be a seminar on craft villages and handicrafts.

Up to 40university students majoring in the English, Japanese, and French languages arepresent to help domestic firms connect with foreign buyers, according to theorganising board.

The show willlast until October 20.-VNA
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