The establishment of VEC opens up a new platform for Vietnam to promote business connections, inspire creativity and gradually affirm its position on the international exhibition industry map.
From infrastructure challenges to development opportunities
“This is the first time the Vietnam Door Association has organized a truly specialized exhibition,” said Mr. Nguyen Van Dung, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Door Association, when participating in VITW 2025 at VEC.
The Door Association brings together hundreds of businesses. However, for many years, businesses have only confined themselves to small-scale product exhibitions and introductions.
“The door industry requires simulating real projects to showcase products, but the exhibition infrastructure has never been able to meet that requirement. Businesses that want to invest heavily have no chance,” Mr. Dung explained.
VITW 2025 is a "5 in 1" exhibition that provides a panoramic view of Vietnam's industry and technology as well as the latest trends in the world (Photo: VEC).
Looking at the world, Mr. Dung said he could not help but feel sad when countries could organize large-scale exhibitions. Mr. Dung called the gap in exhibition infrastructure over the past decades a "pain", stifling the big dreams of businesses. An exhibition space with a scale of about 80,000m2 of display area like the event organized by VEC this time is unprecedented for participating businesses.
Mr. Dung said: "The establishment of VEC has both resolved the 'pain' that has lasted for decades and aroused pride that Vietnam has been able to organize specialized exhibition events at an international level."
For VietBuild, the leading construction and materials exhibition brand in Vietnam, VITW 2025 at VEC is also a memorable milestone.
The exhibition opens up opportunities for many businesses (Photo: VEC).
VITW 2025 marks the strong return of Vietnam's exhibition industry (Photo: VEC).
After more than 20 years of working in the exhibition industry, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Hung, Chairman of VietBuild, still worries about having to "divide" the industry's big festival into many periods during the year, because there is no venue with enough capacity to accommodate thousands of multi-field booths.
According to Mr. Hung, with VEC, exhibitors can rest assured to exhibit in a world-class space, professionally operated, with a full service and utility ecosystem. Here, businesses not only introduce products, but also have the opportunity to connect and expand cooperation domestically and internationally.
“This is a long-standing dream of VietBuild that only VEC can make come true,” Mr. Hung shared.
Not only a launching pad for domestic enterprises, VITW 2025 also demonstrates VEC's international connectivity when attracting CMES - an international exhibition brand, gathering original equipment manufacturers in the global machine tool and smart manufacturing industry, to choose VITW 2025 as its first stop outside of China.
“This is the first time CMES has gone abroad because we saw that this is a modern exhibition complex with international standard operating capacity, arguably the leading one in Southeast Asia, and an economy that is changing strongly. We will definitely come back,” affirmed Mr. Wang Guoping, Chairman of Huamo Group - the organizer of CMES.
Business Matching is a unique initiative of VEC, connecting businesses on the spot and creating a foundation for long-term strategic relationships (Photo: VEC).
A big boost for Vietnam's industry and technology
From the experience of China - a country that has risen to become the "factory of the world" thanks to its manufacturing industry and developed exhibition system - Mr. Wang believes that Vietnam has a great opportunity.
“With bold development goals, Vietnam needs to access the world’s modern industrial technologies and machinery. Events like VITW 2025 organized by VEC are the trading platforms that help make that happen,” the CMES organizer believes.
Meanwhile, Mr. Nguyen Van Dung commented that the presence of nearly 750 booths from hundreds of domestic and foreign enterprises at VITW 2025 has recreated a vibrant picture of the Vietnamese economy.
This positive atmosphere will strengthen businesses' confidence in the country's development. When businesses have confidence and motivation, the resonant development will spread across all industries, boosting the entire economy.
“This is not just a place to display products, but also a place to create opportunities and nurture aspirations for development,” Mr. Dung added.
Mr. Nguyen Quan, former Minister of Science and Technology , Chairman of Vietnam Automation Association, emphasized that the exhibition industry plays a strategic role in the country's industrialization and modernization process.
A strong industry cannot lack a strong exhibition industry. In any country, prestigious exhibitions attract leading manufacturers and innovators. From here, the spirit of creativity and innovation will spread strongly, both in businesses and management agencies, research institutes, universities...
Former Minister of Science and Technology visited VinFast's booth (Photo: VEC).
Visitors learn about and experience VinFast electric motorbike models (Photo: VEC).
According to former Minister Nguyen Quan, the establishment of VEC and events such as VITW 2025 have created a "convergence address" to help Vietnamese businesses access technology, partners and international markets right at home.
This is especially significant in the context of Vietnam promoting the development of high-tech industries, from semiconductors and robots to high-speed railways and nuclear power.
“At VITW 2025, many foreign enterprises bring technologies that Vietnam needs to access and master for key industries. This is a great opportunity for Vietnam not only to learn to develop its industrial and technological sector, but also to gradually participate in the global production chain,” the former Minister of Science and Technology emphasized.
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