Three support industry exhibitions will be held in Hanoi from September 4-6, Thailand ’s Reed Tradex Co has announced.

The Reed Tradex-hosted Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2013 will combinefour international exhibitions on machinery and technology for specificindustries.

Its components will include InterPlas Vietnam forplastic and rubber, InterMold Vietnam for mold and dye making andAutomotive Vietnam on automation for production and assembly lines.

It is expected to attract over 10,000 local industrialists who willexamine the latest technology, solutions and services provided by 200participating companies from around the world.

Around 50 Japanesecompanies will showcase components and parts they hope to sell inVietnam while local firms will showcase domestically manufacturedproducts at the upcoming fifth Vietnam-Japan Exhibition on SupportIndustries.

The event will be co-organised by the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) and the Trade Promotion Agency.

“ Vietnam is a promising country for Japanese investors. It will becomean industrialised nation with sufficient supply of raw materials in thenear future,” said chief representative of JETRO in Hanoi HirokazuYamaoka.

“The three expos will be a real industrial platform forbuyers and sellers to meet and wider business networks, particularlyJapanese investors, to expand their operations in Vietnam ,” he said.-VNA