HCM City (VNA) - The Ho Chi Minh City InternationalFood Industry Exhibition 2022 (HCMC FOODEX 2022) kicked off in HoChi Minh City on October 19.
Featuring 240 booths, the four-day expo gathers nearly 300 local andinternational exhibitors.
Products on display include raw or lightly processed food products, processed food, beverages, raw materials used in the food processing industry, and machineryand equipment for food production, packaging and preservation.
Accordingto Tran Phu Lu, deputy director of the Investment &Trade PromotionCentre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC), the promotion of Vietnamese and international cuisine with the participation of famous artisans and domestic and foreign culinary experts is a highlight of the event.
Bui Xuan Cuong, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Commitee said foodprocessing is one of the four key industries given priority for development byHCM City, which accounts for 13.78% of production value and contributes 13.69%of the city's industrial sector's added value,
During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city's food processingindustry faced many challenges due to the disruption of the supply of rawmaterials and distribution system, he said, adding that logistics and human resources were also seriously affected.
ꦿ The organisation of the expo is a trade promotion activity to supportenterprises to resume production, expand consumption markets as well as affirmthe prestige of quality and brand of the city’s food products for domestic andinternational customers, Cuong said./.
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At opening ceremony of the event. (Photo: VNA) 
