Furniture products on display at the 2019 VIFA Home that is being held at the Phu Tho Sports Stadium in HCM City’s District 11 from November 28 to December 1 (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - A wide range of outdoor and indoor furniture,handicrafts and household appliances are on display at the 2019 VietnamFurniture and Home Furnishing Fair that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November28.
The 2019VIFA Home, which targets to promote locally made wooden furniture, home decorand handicrafts in the Vietnamese market, has 600 booths set up by 120 brands.
Thisyear, it has also attracted prestigious export brands, Dinh Thi Huong Nga, amember of Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA)’sexecutive board, said.
With the message ‘Furniture banquet’,VIFA HOME this year would underline its status as the biggest furniturefair in the country, enabling consumers to find complete packages for theirliving spaces, she said, adding that on the occasion of BlackFriday, exhibitors at the fair would offer very attractive promotions.
Over the last decade, the annual expo has acted as a bridge connecting woodenfurniture producers, traders, distributors and retailers, she added.
Organisedby HAWA and HAWA Corporation at the Phu Tho Sports Stadium in District 11, theevent will go on until December 1.
Anotherfurniture exhibition, the first Vietnam International Furniture Fair (VIFF2019), is being held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in District7 from November 27 to 30 by the Binh Duong Furniture Association and the TaiwanFurniture Manufacturers Association.
VIFFfeatures 500 booths set up by over 100 local and foreign exhibitors includingfrom Taiwan, Malaysia, China and Thailand, showcasing bedroom furniture,dining sets, kitchen cabinets, flooring, office furniture, outdoor furniture,interior furnishing, decorative accessories and materials, fittings, andmachinery used in the woodworking industry.
Manyseminars and conferences will be held, including on promoting foreigninvestment in Vietnam’s wood processing and forestry industries and onPEFC/VFCS certification: Demand, supply and benefit.
DienQuang Hiep, Chairman of the Binh Duong Furniture Association, said Vietnam’sexports of wood and forestry products in the first nine month of the year wereworth 7.93 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, and are expectedto top 11 billion USD for the full year and meet the export target.
Itstimber and forest products are exported to more than 120 countries andterritories.
Thecountry is the fifth largest wood products exporter and second largest inAsia./.
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