The first Autumn Fair attracted more than 1 million visitors.

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the first Autumn Fair - 2025 held on the evening of November 3, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assessed that the event marked a good start, opening a new stage for a series of international trade, investment and national cultural promotion events of Vietnam in the new era.

"The fair attracted more than 1 million visitors, thousands of trade deals, contracts and memorandums of understanding on investment cooperation and technology transfer between domestic and foreign enterprises with a commercial value of nearly 5,000 billion VND...", said the Prime Minister .

"The fair is an effective channel to stimulate domestic consumption, an important driving force to promote production, import and export, a positive method to renew traditional growth drivers, a dynamic bridge connecting international trade cooperation, creating momentum for the development of the domestic market in the digital age," the Prime Minister assessed.

The Head of Government assessed that the success of the first Autumn Fair - 2025 is an affirmation that the Vietnamese market is not only attractive in terms of scale and development speed but also a safe, friendly, promising and attractive destination for domestic and international investors.

Hội chợ Mùa Thu lần thứ nhất thu hút hơn 1 triệu lượt khách - 1 — The Prime Minister speaks at the closing ceremony of the first Autumn Fair - 2025 (Photo: Organizing Committee).

The Prime Minister suggested that based on the results of this fair, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proactively build a model for organizing the annual Autumn Fair, which is professional, modern, and effective, and urgently propose a plan to successfully organize the first Spring Fair Conference in 2026.

"Ministries, branches and localities need to take advantage of opportunities from the fair, turning trade results into specific projects and products to serve life and the socio-economy. Enterprises continue to innovate, affirm Vietnamese brands, develop sustainably and demonstrate social responsibility. International partners accompany in cooperation, technology transfer, green and digital human resource training," the Prime Minister suggested.

The first Autumn Fair - 2025 is organized on the largest scale ever in Vietnam, with a total area of 130,000m2, 3,000 standard booths, and gathering 2,500 businesses and organizations.

According to the organizers, the fair attracts an average of 100,000 visitors per day, the highest among domestic trade promotion events. Average revenue reaches 300 million VND/standard booth/10 days.

Total direct revenue was nearly VND1,000 billion, of which the local pavilion reached VND50 billion. Total value of transactions, contracts and memorandums of understanding (MoU) reached nearly VND5,000 billion, of which the local pavilion alone reached nearly VND500 billion.

Hội chợ Mùa Thu lần thứ nhất thu hút hơn 1 triệu lượt khách - 2 — 30 organizations and businesses have "Typical exhibition spaces" at the first Autumn Fair - 2025 (Photo: Organizing Committee).

Within the framework of the fair, the organizing committee also held 11 conferences, seminars, thematic forums, selected 30 typical booths and continuously organized international trade programs with businesses from Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, New Zealand and the European Union; recorded more than 100 cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding signed.

According to the organizers, up to now, the donation program to support the people of the Central region affected by storms and floods, launched by the Prime Minister at the opening ceremony, has collected 316 billion VND from state-owned enterprises, corporations, and private enterprises, demonstrating the spirit of social responsibility and sharing of the Vietnamese business community.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/hoi-cho-mua-thu-lan-thu-nhat-thu-hut-hon-1-trieu-luot-khach-20251103213222299.htm