The five-dayHo Chi Minh City Expo 2012 is organised by the HCM City Investment andTrade Promotional Centre (ITPC) with support from Vietnam 's Ministryof Industry and Trade, the HCM City People's Committee and Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce.
More than 150 Vietnamese companies would display their goods in 250 booths.
Apart from the stalls, the event will cover an area that introducesthe economic, political and social achievements of Vietnam andCambodia and highlights the friendship and solidarity between bothcountries. The expo will also provide Cambodian and Vietnameseenterprises with opportunities to meet each other and explore thepossibility of doing business together.
The ITPCwill also organise market surveys of the financial, real estate,construction and retail sectors for Vietnamese businesses seeking tounderstand the Cambodian market better.
Nguyen ThiHong, deputy chairwoman of the HCM City People's Committee, said thatthe expo would be one of the key trade promotion programmes of HCMCity that target the Cambodian market during the 2010-15 period.
The programmes aim to broaden the market penetration of Vietnamesegoods, develop distribution networks, and promote Vietnamese brands inCambodia.-VNA