An international exhibition on machinery, general equipment and materials for the garments and textiles industry opened in Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh City on April 14.

Over 300 companies from 20 countries and territories are exhibiting their products, including China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, the UK and Vietnam.

The exhibition will serve the country’s garments and textiles sector and enable Vietnamese enterprises to access advanced technologies to help the sector integrate better into the global economy.

As part of the exhibition, three seminars on developing materials for Vietnam’s garments and textiles industry and the application of advanced technologies in production will be held. This will also help Vietnamese and foreign enterprises to meet each other, exchange their experiences and find new partners.

According to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Vietnam earned over 2.2 billion USD from garments and textiles exports in the first three months of this year, a year on year increase of 13 percent.

Currently most enterprises have already signed contracts for exports of their products until the end of the third quarter of this year with some having contracts until the end of the year./.