Le Xuan Rao, Director of the Hanoi Department of Science and Technology, said that the four-day event had attracted 285 businesses from Vietnam and abroad to showcase 1,200 technologies, equipment and software solutions at 300 booths.

Techmart Hanoi 2008, the third of its kind, covered a wide range of areas, including mechanical manufacturing, automation, IT, electronics, telecoms, food processing, agriculture, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, tourism, health care, education and banking services.

It also featured urban architectural planning, public transport, energy saving and environment solutions and traditional crafts.