The 28th Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo will take place from December 1-3 in Hanoi, giving a chance for businesses to seek partners and popularise their products and technologies.
At the Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo in HCM City in August. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 28th Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo will take placefrom December 1-3 in Hanoi, giving a chance for businesses to seek partners and popularise their products and technologies.
Thisyear, the exhibition will feature about 200 booths by 150 businesses from variouscountries.
Accordingto the organiser, the Vietnam National Trade Fair & Advertising Company (VINEXAD),covering 5.000 sq.m, the exhibition will offer a diversity of products.
Alongwith big domestic players, the exhibition also expects reputable firmsfrom other countries, including Meditech Systems, Narang Medical,Opsonin Pharma, Crystal Optic, Biofaktor, StarPharma, and MoscowExport Centre.
VINEXADhighlighted that Vietnam is an attractive and promising medical market. The IQVIAInstitute placed Vietnam among the 17 countries with the most rapidly growingpharmaceutical industry in the world.
The pharmaceuticalindustry’s revenue is expected to hit 7.5 billion USD in 2025, accounting for1.78% of the country’s GDP and 32.25 of spending on healthcare services, itnoted.
Earlier,the Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo was held in Ho Chi Minh City in August./.
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At the Vietnam Medi-pharm Expo in HCM City in August. (Photo: VNA) 
