"The number of overseas buyers at this session, according to our monitoring, is expected to edge up, and the value of export deals will be equal to that of the last session," they said at a press conference on July 26.

More than 100 companies have signed up to exhibit their wares in 150 booths at the event running August 4-6 at the International Centre for Exhibition (ICE) at 91 Tran Hung Dao Street in Hanoi.