Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2020 underway
The Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2020 opened on November 11 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, featuring 250 stalls from 100 Vietnamese and foreign companies.
Visitors to the Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2020 in Can Tho city (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) - The Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2020 opened on November 11 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, featuring 250 stalls from 100 Vietnameseand foreign companies.
The annual fairis the largest of its kind in the Delta, which is known as the country’s rice granary.International participants this year are from Japan, the Republic of Korea,Israel, India, and elsewhere.
On display aremachinery, farming equipment, fertilisers, pesticides, agro-forestry-fisheriesgoods for export, local specialties, rice, handicrafts, and bio-tech products,among others.
On thesidelines of the five-day event is a workshop on the application of science and technologyin agricultural production, a business matching conference, and a programmeintroducing farmers’ inventions, together with several other activities.
Accordingto organisers, the fair fortifies links between scientific research andbusiness-production as well as between enterprises and consumers in experienceexchange, technology transfer, business cooperation, and trade promotion./.
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Visitors to the Vietnam International Agriculture Fair 2020 in Can Tho city (Photo: VNA) 
