BẮC NINH — The Vietnam Industrial & Manufacturing Fair and Vietnam Industrial Automation Fiesta 2025 (VIMF 2025) opened in Bắc Ninh Province on Wednesday, offering businesses a major platform to explore new partnerships and access advanced industrial technologies as part of the country's push toward smart and sustainable production.

The exhibition runs from Wednesday to Friday, featuring more than 800 booths across a total area of 17,000 square metres, with participation from businesses representing over 20 countries and territories including Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, the US, Germany, Australia and Việt Nam.

The event is expected to welcome more than 25,000 specialised trade visitors, including manufacturers, engineers, experts, research institutes, training facilities and industrial and manufacturing enterprises.

It serves as an important opportunity to promote the province's industrial potential and strengths, while creating avenues for both domestic and foreign businesses to access automation solutions, Industry 4.0 technology and smart manufacturing models, thereby expanding cooperation networks and strengthening global connections.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Đào Quang Khải expressed his hope that the exhibition would lead to successful trade promotion activities, commercial transactions and cooperation agreements that would lay the foundation for long-term development among businesses and between countries and territories in the years ahead. — VNS