Hanoi, Nov. 3 -- Concluding ten vibrant days in Hanoi, the first Autumn Fair 2025 has surpassed expectations, not only in scale and transaction volume, but also in its broader policy impact on Vietnam's trade development strategy in a new era.

Drawing over 2,500 companies, nearly 3,000 booths and daily crowds in the hundreds of thousands, the event ranked among Vietnam's biggest trade gatherings in years.

Organisers pegged on-site sales at nearly 1 trillion VND (38.4 million USD), with deals and memoranda of understanding hitting 5 trillion VND. But the real payoff lay in reframing trade fairs as engines for sustained development, weaving commerce, industry, investment and digital transformation into a unified strategy.

Prime Minister ...