A booth at the Saigon Tex expo held in HCM City last year. — VNS Photo

HCM CITY —Saigon Tex and Saigon Fabric 2019 that opened in HCM City today offers local and foreign textile and garment companies a good opportunity to promote their brands and expand their market and seek partners.

The exhibition has attracted nearly 1,050 exhibitors from 24 countries and territories, including Cambodia, mainland China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the US with famous brands in machinery and equipment, garments fibre, weaving, and dyeing.

The products on display include machinery and equipment, automation technologies and feedstock and intermediate goods for the textile and garment industry.

There are many new fabric and accessory concepts such as bleached yarn, plant-based silk yarn, rayon, jute, acrylic, viscose, ramie, BCI, bamboo fibre, organic cotton, wool, polyester, lycra blend, CVC, glue, fabric glue, paper glue, heat transfer printing logo, jacquard, yarn-dyed fabric, denim, lace, felt, non-woven fabric, woven garnet, lingerie fabric, garment fabric, mink, rabbit and otter fur, tape, zip fastener, abrasive tape, feather tape, and button made from pearl shell, Corozo and metal.

Besides showcasing the latest products and technologies, the exhibition will also feature several seminars where experts from Việt Nam and other countries will share new economic trends and technologies for the benefit of the participants.

Organised by the Việt Nam National Textile and Garment Group, VCCI Exhibition Service and CP Vietnam Exhibition Organising, the events at the Sài Gòn Exhibition and Convention Centre will run until April 13. VNS