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HCM City to host support industry expos

Three exhibitions related to the support industry, Metalex Vietnam, Vietnam Electronics Assembly and the Business Alliance for Support Industry in HCM City, will be held at a single venue in HCM City in October, the organisers announced on June 11.
Three exhibitions related to the support industry, Metalex Vietnam,Vietnam Electronics Assembly and the Business Alliance for SupportIndustry in HCM City, will be held at a single venue in HCM City inOctober, the organisers announced on June 11.

Organised by theJapan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in HCM City and the HCM CityInvestment and Trade Promotion Centre, "The Business Alliance forSupport Industry in HCM City" will enable local parts manufacturers tocontact Japanese buyers of parts and components.

Two otherexhibitions, Metalex Vietnam, an international exhibition on machinetools and metalworking solution for production upgrade, and VietnamElectronics Assembly, an international machinery expo for electronicparts and components manufacturing, will be hosted by Thailand's ReedTradex Co.

Metalex Vietnam, the biggest of its kind in thecountry, will open doors for Vietnamese industry to enhance productquality and productivity, as well as improve production lines with newmachine tools, metalworking technologies, and solutions provided by 500brands from 25 countries.

To be organised at the SaigonExhibition and Convention Centre from October 8-10, the three expos willhelp boost the development of Vietnam's support industries, saidDuangdej Yuaikwarmdee, Deputy Managing Director and General Manager ofReed Tradex Co, Ltd in Vietnam.-VNA
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