The ninth Vietnam International Precision Engineering, Machine Tools andMetalworking Exhibition (MTA) will return to Hanoi in March.

Co-organised by the Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd (SES) andlocal organiser VCCI Exhibition Service Co Ltd, MTA Hanoi 2012 willinclude Metrology Hanoi 2012, ToolTec Hanoi 2012, SubCon Hanoi 2012,Automation Hanoi 2012, and WeldTech Hanoi 2012.

MTA Hanoi2012 will showcase international technologies, including metal-cuttingmachine tools, metal-forming machine tools, test and measurementequipment and systems, cutting tools, tooling systems, and industrialtools and components.

The event is the leading platformfor industry professionals to network with both international andreputable local exhibitors offering the latest solutions for Hanoi 'sblooming manufacturing sector.

There will also be ample opportunities for local industry players to establish business partnerships.

According to a General Statistics Office report, the manufacturingsector in Vietnam experienced growth rates of about 10 percent.

Based on the national Index of Industrial Production, Hanoi 'seconomic growth rose 12.5 percent between January and October 2011compared with the same period last year.

William Lim,project director of Machinery Events at Singapore Exhibition Services(SES), said the exhibition was especially timely, as reports had shownthat Vietnam 's manufacturing industry had been growing at a steadypace, including in Hanoi as well.

MTA Vietnam wasfirst launched in HCM City in 2005, and the show has since grown tobecome Vietnam 's most comprehensive manufacturing-solutions tradeevent, with 80 percent of exhibitors from overseas./.