Dozens of Hanoi’s spearheads such as handicrafts, clothes, food and motorcycles are on display at ongoing the 20th Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX 2013) in Johannesburg city of South Africa.

The presence of the Vietnam’s capital in SAITEX 2013, the largest multi-sectoral fair in Africa, aims to promote trade and exports to Africa in general and South Africa in particular.

The Hanoi booth has attracted a great number of visitors who are interested in soy-bean oil, motorcycles and products from buffalo horns.

“Visitors’ attention shows that those products can well penetrate into the African market,” said Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade Nguyen Van Dong

According to John Thomson - Managing Director of the South Africa ’s Exhibition Management Services, SAITEX 2013, which opened on June 30, is the largest of its kind held so far with more than 1,000 companies from 45 countries participating in.

The three-day annual event, which bridges producers, exporters, importers and distributors of consumer goods, is expected to draw over 15,000 turns of visitors.-VNA