Binh Duong (VNA) – The Vietnam Industrial andManufacturing Fair 2019 opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on June12 with more than 200 booths introducing materials and equipment for major industries suchas manufacturing, processing, packaging, plastics, construction and energy.

The event drew businesses from various countries andterritories, including Singapore, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, China,Thailand, Malaysia, the US, Indonesia, Turkey, Italy, Germany, and Taiwan(China).

The organisation board designed a separate area for majorfirms in Binh Duong and the neighbouring province of Dong Nai.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Mai Hung Dung, ViceChairman of the People’s Committee of Binh Duong, said that over the years, Binh Duong has enjoyed high and stableGDP growth, while its economic structure has been transformed in line withorientations with industrymaking the majorcontribution.

Industrial index of Binh Duong has expanded over 10 percentper year. Particularly, over the past 20 years, the province has focused on attracting investment by reforming itsadministrative procedures and creating optimal conditions for businesses.

So far, the locality has had 27 industrial parks and nine industrial clusters, hosting over3,900 foreign firms, noted Dung.

He said that in order to make new breakthroughs in investment attraction, Binh Duong has issueda plan to renovate the work in the 2016-2020 period, with focus on developinghigh-tech and high value industries and encouraging support industries and hightechnology industries.

Dung expressed his hope that through the fair, businesseswill share progress in technology and automation, while seeking technologicalsolutions to improve the quality and competitiveness of Vietnamese products.

During the three-day fair, a number of events will also beheld, including a conference on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and smartproduction; a conference on printing industry and 3D design; and another on theapplication of printing technology in production, processing and daily life, aswell as robot and its application.-VNA