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Vietbuild Hanoi 2019 to open next weekend

Vietbuild Hanoi 20019, the largest exhibition of the construction sector in Vietnam, will take place from September 4-8 in the capital city, featuring 1,600 pavilions from 18 countries and territories, organizers said at a press conference on August 30.

According to Nguyen Quang Cung, Vice President of the Vietnam Association for Building Materials, the event is expected to draw more than 450 businesses, including 243 domestic firms, 125 joint ventures and 101 foreign enterprises and groups.

This is the second among three editions of Vietbuild in Hanoi this year, following the first from March 27-31. A total of ten exhibitions of this kind will be held across the country in the year.

The upcoming Hanoi exhibition will also feature exchanges between domestic and foreign firms, aiming to push ahead with scientific-technological transfer, joint venture and market integration, said Nguyen Dinh Hung, General Director of Vietbuild Construction International Exhibition Organising Corp.
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Vietnam, Laos hold 6th Defence Policy Dialogue

Vietnam, Laos hold 6th Defence Policy Dialogue

Looking ahead, the two sides agreed to enhance practical and effective cooperation, focusing on delegation exchanges, maintaining consultation and dialogue mechanisms, especially the Defence Policy Dialogue, and promoting existing cooperation models such as exchanges among young officers, military women, twinning programmes between military units and local communities, and annual conferences between military regions, and border guard forces of the two countries.

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