As many as 375 firms will display their products at the Vietnam International Printing and Packaging Industry Exhibition (VietnamPrintPack), which will be held in HCM City from October 16 to 19.

The exhibitors come from 10 countries and territories including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the US, the UK, and Thailand besides host Vietnam.

The number of exhibitors from the carton packaging industry has doubled from last year.

On display at more than 60 booths will be the latest products, technologies and solutions used in the sectors such as high speed automatic flute laminator, label printing machine, double piece corrugated folder gluer, automatic pile turning machine, offset printers, semiautomatic book case making machine, among others.

The exhibition will feature two seminars on "Training and improving human resources quality in the printing industry in Vietnam ", and "The key factors to improve the quality of printing products" organised by the HCM City Printing Association.

They will provide information to businesses in the sectors to help them adapt to future trends and remain competitive in today's changing environment.

The exhibition is expected to provide a platform for local and foreign companies in the two industries to exchange information and explore business opportunities.

Organised by the Vietnam National Trade Fair and Advertising Company and Yorkers Trade and Marketing Service Co., Ltd., the 19th annual expo will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in District 7.