The Vietnam International Fisheries Exhibition 2012 (Vietfish) opened at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26.

 

Aiming to boost trade promotion and develop the Vietfish brand name in the world market, the exhibition brought together 175 businesses involved in seafood processing, machine equipment manufacturing and related services. According to the organisation board, domestic companies accounted for 70 percent of exhibitors while the rest came from Thailand, Japan, France, India, and the US as well as fisheries associations from Bangladesh, Thailand, China and the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA).