As the second Vietbuild held in the city thisyear, the expo will have more than 2,500 booths, slightly more than last year,set up by over 900 local and foreign companies.
According to the organisers, 288 of theexhibitors are local firms, 126 are joint ventures and the rest are foreignfrom 27 countries and territories, including the US, Russia, France, Australia,Italy, Denmark, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, China and Thailand.
They will showcase property projects, electricalequipment, doors and accessories, internal and external decorative items,building materials, solar energy systems, measuring equipment used in theconstruction sector, and others.
Speaking at a recent press conference tointroduce the exhibition in HCM City, Nguyen Tran Nam, a former deputyconstruction minister and head of the exhibition organising board, saidexhibitors have done research to come up with products with new designs andenvironment-friendly and higher-quality products to meet the increasing demandfor housing construction and interior and exterior decoration.
The expo would be a good forum for local andinternational businesses to meet and explore business opportunities, he said.
Conferences and business meetings will be organisedon the sidelines of the expo at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre indistrict 7.-VNA