HortEx Vietnam 2023: what happened
The fifth HortEx Vietnam took place on 1–3 March 2023 at SECC in Ho Chi Minh City, with 200 exhibitors and 5,698 trade visitors.
- Dates
- 1–3 March 2023
- Where
- Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- Trade visitors
- 5,698
- Exhibitors
- 200
What happened at HortEx Vietnam 2023
HortEx Vietnam held its fifth edition on 1–3 March 2023 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City. Minh Vi Exhibition, Nova Exhibitions and China Great Wall International Exhibition organised the show. According to the post-show report, 200 exhibitors met 5,698 trade visitors. The exhibition is dedicated to horticulture and floriculture, covering the equipment, plant material and services that specialist growers rely on.
Adapting technology to Vietnamese conditions was the practical theme in 2023. Greenhouse structures, irrigation systems and post-harvest preparation have to suit both the crop and the local climate. Equipment shipped in from elsewhere does not by itself create a working production system. Growers asked about maintenance skills, the supply of consumables and how staff would be trained. Exhibitors could map what is on offer, while the decisive test still takes place on a grower's own site.
Vegetable, fruit and flower producers, nurseries and seed companies made up much of the audience. Equipment suppliers, distributors and firms building contacts in Southeast Asia joined them. The people on the stands mixed producers with traders, installation companies and advisory firms. Sorting contacts by what they actually do was a simple way to decide which conversations deserved a second meeting, and which belonged to a different part of the market.
The 2023 show gave a regional Asian angle on how horticultural technology spreads. Climate, water quality, maintenance organisation and technical support shaped what growers could realistically adopt. For a supplier, the most useful result was a concrete adaptation list naming the product changes the local climate requires. Equally important was knowing which local partner could run a demonstration with a grower and stay with the customer afterwards.
Highlights
- Fifth edition at SECC, Ho Chi Minh City, 1–3 March 2023
- 5,698 trade visitors and 200 exhibitors
- Climate fit and maintenance skills shaped equipment choices