From 13 - 15 March HortEx Vietnam 2019 took place at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center ( SECC ) in Ho Chi Minh City .
This year the exposition doubled in terms of sizing compared to the first edition in 2018 . During the 3 day of HortEx Vietnam the expo receive 6,000 visitors from Vietnam and many other countries in the region such as for example : Thailand , Malaysia , Taiwan , China , Singapore , Philippines , Japan , Cambodia , Myanmar and India .
The number of visitors has increased with 25 % in comparison to the first variant of HortEx Vietnam in 2018 and confirm the growing interest from growers and other diligence professional to obtain marketplace entropy , find raw suppliers and pick up about fresh technologies and equipment .
about 200 exhibitors from 28 countries showcased their products and latest novelties . HortEx Vietnam attracted leading histrion in gardening and floriculture and offered visitor a very divers kitchen range of products within the horticulture and floriculture sector .
In this year ’s 2d edition , HortEx Vietnam has also actively collaborated with numerous domestic agencies and foreign embassy , including Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam ; The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vietnam ; Vietnam Fruit & Vegetable Association ; Dalat Flower Association ; Vietnam Seed Trade Association and other reliable sphere organisation to support and promote activities for the expo and the group discussion .
all-encompassing side programOne of the key success component of HortEx Vietnam is the extensive side program , which is being organised during the exhibition .
The bearing of the organisers is to spring up HortEx Vietnam into a comprehensive chopine for the intact horticulture and floriculture sector for Vietnam and neighbouring countries , an all-embracing side political program and knowledge interchange is a important element within such a platform .
During this year ’s variation the exhibition hosted a dedicated Export Forum , which include a Fruit Flower Vegetable Export Promotion . During these forums B2B matching was done between some 200 Vietnamese raiser and key buyer groups from China and Singapore .
In addition a limited session was devoted to export chance between Vietnam and the European Union . subject included : overview of the European marketplace for fruit & vegetables ( fact , trends , forecast ) , market approach requisite for sustainable patronage in Europe and successful exportation promotion and stigmatization .
Another highlight of the side program was orchestrate on the last day of the expo by The Netherlands Embassy in Vietnam in near Colorado - operation with Wageningen University and Research , the Post Harvest web and VinaFruit . The direction of the seminar course of study was Opportunities of Circular Agro - Food Value Chains : hike up the passage !
At the Seminar , the Netherlands and Vietnamese experts focused not only on scale down solid food deprivation and waste that come along the value chain from farm to the concluding consumer but rather shared their experience , knowledge and technology in turning these food losses and barren into opportunities to better the supply mountain chain and in the close , to get the proficient note value for their money .
Vietnamese gardening and flower gardening offering howling opportunitiesVietnam has the ambition to become the vegetable growing heart and soul of Southeast Asia and to become a regional and orbicular musician in agribusiness and horticulture .
Mr. Willem Schoustra , Agricultural Counsellor of the Netherlands Embassy in Vietnam state : “ While the cover cultivation of vegetables develops , the blossom agriculturalist play along closely . As the consumer has more to spend , the bloom industry is growing as well ” .
A significant milepost for the Vietnamese veg and fruits industriousness has been witnessed in the 2018 year when its export turnover reached a criminal record highschool of USD 3.809 billion , up 8.8 % compared to 2017 . A further step-up is gestate for the coming years .
Vietnam with a population of some 95 million people and average GDP emergence of 7.5 % per class is the fastest grow economic system in the ASEAN region ( Association of Southeast Asian Nations ) and will remain a very high likely market in the years to come as the horticulture and floriculture sphere is expected to develop into a matured and technical diligence .
The next variation of HortEx Vietnam is scheduled for 26 - 3 April 2025 and will once again take place at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center ( SECC ) in Ho Chi Minh City .
For more information : HortEx Vietnamwww.hortex-vietnam.com
