Vietnam will hold its first international consumer electronics
exhibition and conference in Hanoi in April next year to mainly
showcase the country's information technology (IT) and electronics
industry, one of the fastest-growing ones in Southeast Asia,
organizers said Wednesday.
The Vietnam Consumer Electronics Expo 2008 slated for April 9-
12, 2008 will offer venues for multinationals and big domestic IT,
telecommunications and consumer electronics firms, including Intel,
Canon, Panasonic, AMD and CMC to exhibit their latest audio,
visual, imaging, handheld, network, gaming, wireless, hardware, and
software products at over 200 booths, Mai Anh, vice chairman of
Vietnam's Hanoi Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Association, told reporters.
Besides, policy makers and experts will exchange experiences and
views on international, regional and national development of ICT
and electronics, he said, noting that delegations from such foreign
countries as China, Japan, South Korea, India, Singapore, Thailand
and Malaysia will partake in various activities during the
expo.
Le Thanh Lam, general director of International Data Group (IDG)
in Vietnam, said a recent report of market research firm GfK
Vietnam showed that the total value of the country's retail IT and
electronics market is estimated at 3.1 billion U.S. dollars this
year, up 29.2 percent over last year.
The Vietnam Consumer Electronics Expo 2008 will be held by the
Hanoi ICT Association and IDG Vietnam.
(Xinhua News Agency December 26, 2007)
