The Vietnam International Textile and Apparel Accessories Exhibition, also known as Vietnam Textile and Garment (VTG) exhibition, all set to open gates from November 22 at Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. It is one of the leading textile and garment expo in Vietnam. The exhibition will feature latest solutions, high tech machinery, latest technology and equipment meant for this sector.

VTG 2017 will also be a platform for various industry-relevant seminars. The seminars will cover topics ranging from the effect of Industry 4.0 on the garment industry to how prepared Vietnam is for FTAs.

In the 17th edition of the exhibition, around 400 exhibitors from 14 countries viz., Switzerland, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Thailand, India, Japan, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, Turkey and China are expected to show their latest technologies and machines.

The technologies which will be displayed are cutting and fibre processing machines, automatic sewing machines, embroidering machines and printing machines and fabric among others.

Companies such as Epson, Walz, Heinz, Juki, Hikari, Barudan, Ngai Shing, Mitsuyin, Supreme, ROQ (Artend) and Tajima have already registered for the exhibition.

The exhibition is being organised by the Vietnam Cotton and Spinning Association, the Yorkers Trade and Marketing Service Company, Guangdong Sewing Equipment Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Apparel Machinery Association and the Vietnam National Trade Fair and Advertising JSC in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade.

The upcoming edition of VTG will once again showcase the strength of Vietnam as a manufacturing hub and help the manufacturers increase their business network as well as exports.

The four day exhibition will run from November 22 to 25 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre, Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam has seen an astounding foreign direct investment worth US $ 21.93 billion in the first seven months of 2017, up by 52 percent from last year.

Additionally, Vietnam’s garment and textile industry (from January to June) clocked US $ 14.58 billion in outbound shipments, marking a surge of 11.3 percent over last year.