More than 500 booths attend Vietnam Furniture and Construction Exhibition

On the morning of October 2, the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Interior and Building Exhibition (VIBE) took place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) - Ho Chi Minh City. The event will take place until October 5, 2024, organized by the Handicraft and Wood Processing Association of Ho Chi Minh City - HAWA in collaboration with the Construction and Building Materials Association of Ho Chi Minh City (SACA).

Mr. Bui Quang Hung - Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Agency ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ), speaking at the exhibition. Photo: Thanh Minh

VIBE 2024 Exhibition has a scale of more than 500 booths, gathering 150 leading exhibitors in the fields of interior, construction and technology such as Nippon, Takara Standard, Vicostone, Phuc My Gia, Nha Xinh, Bo Concept... to provide a comprehensive industry for the domestic market through a series of stylish display solutions - sustainable connection - smart updates.

The highlight of this first exhibition is the Vietnam Interior and Construction Exhibition organized according to the B2D2C model: Enterprises, through the community of architects, interior designers, contractors, and professionals, directly provide services and products to end consumers. VIBE 2024 will be the most comprehensive exhibition platform, bringing together important links in the industry supply chain.

Delegates perform the opening ceremony of the Vietnam Furniture and Construction Exhibition. Photo: Thanh Minh.

Sharing at the event, Mr. Bui Quang Hung - Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade) - said: In the first 8 months of 2024, despite the difficulties and unpredictable fluctuations in the world economy and politics , Vietnam's macro economy continued to be stable, production, import and export activities grew positively, inflation was controlled... Specifically, Vietnam's export turnover of wood and wood products in the first 8 months of 2024 reached 10.24 billion USD, an increase of 20.6% over the same period last year. The growth rate of the construction industry also had many positive changes compared to 2023.

According to Mr. Bui Quang Hung, with the increasing scale of production and consumption demand of the domestic market, it seems that domestic furniture enterprises are focusing more on the export market without really promoting consumption in the domestic market. Currently, high-end furniture products imported from European countries are dominating the Vietnamese market. This is very regrettable because Vietnam is one of the largest exporters of wooden furniture in the world.

Businesses introduce new products to delegates. Photo: Thanh Minh

In the context of a difficult market, with challenges and opportunities intertwined, Mr. Bui Quang Hung said that the Ministry of Industry and Trade is proactively coordinating with ministries, localities, industry associations and enterprises to implement Directive No. 29/CT-TTg dated August 27, 2024 of the Prime Minister on stimulating consumption, supporting production, business and developing the domestic market. In particular, focusing on supporting enterprises to participate in major fairs and exhibitions both domestically and internationally. At the same time, paying due attention to activities to improve the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises to be able to respond and keep up with the world's green and sustainable production and consumption trends as well as compete with imported products in the domestic market.

“With the consensus and active participation of ministries, branches, localities and domestic and foreign furniture and construction enterprises, the 2024 Furniture and Construction Materials Exhibition will be successfully organized. And become an increasingly professional and effective annual trade promotion event for businesses to have the opportunity to introduce new products and technologies; as well as open up many opportunities for cooperation, trade connection, and stimulate domestic consumption for furniture products and construction materials produced by domestic enterprises”, the Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Agency believes.

Customers visit booths at the exhibition. Photo: Thanh Minh

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Khanh - Head of VIBE Organizing Committee - said that VIBE Exhibition aims at 3 criteria: Style - Smart - Sustainability, gathering nearly 150 major exhibitors in the fields of interior, architecture and construction with serious investment and discussion from design, staging to development of new product models.

Not only stopping at the usual exhibition model, VIBE affirms its high level of expertise through a series of events such as Interior Forum, architectural seminars, trend seminars, business connection activities along with many creative and highly interactive workshops throughout the exhibition period.

According to the reporter's records, coming to the exhibition, visitors have the opportunity to access a series of products belonging to 3 groups: Stylish interior products, modern construction products, technology products and support services in more than 10,000 ^m2 of exhibition area.

Customers visit the Architecture Space area with the theme "New context, new identity". Photo: Thanh Minh.

In particular, for visitors who love contemporary architecture and interior design, the special booth cluster is a must-see destination at VIBE. Most notably, the Architecture Space area with the theme “New context, new identity”, includes 20 architectural offices exhibiting impressive design projects.

In addition, a series of smart solutions in the stages from design to production, construction, domestic and foreign trade were also introduced to customers at the exhibition such as: Square mirror solution, dark box with Led screen of Mia Design studio and AR interactive model at the exhibition space of Ashui Awards Architecture Award coordinated by ConsMedia.

Businesses introduce services and products to customers at the event. Photo: Thanh Minh.

In particular, the Organizing Committee proactively supports 365 days of free online exhibitions on the HOPEFAIRS.COM platform, helping participating units digitize their exhibition spaces, increase cross-border customer access, and create a driving force for comprehensive digital transformation.

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