The third hi-tech agriculture and food industry fair will be held in HCM City from October 22-26. — Photo baohaiquan

HCM CITY (VNS) — The Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCM City will hold its third hi-tech agriculture and food industry fair, Hi-Tech Agro 2014, in HCM City's Le Van Tam Park from October 22 to 26.

The fair is expected to attract more than 200 local and foreign exhibitors. It will feature 350 booths displaying farm produce, processed food, seedlings, agricultural appliances and machines, plant protection products, fertilisers, post-harvest technologies, ornamental creatures and hi-tech agricultural models.

A meeting to link farmers with distributors such as Aeon, Metro, Big C and Co.opmart supermarkets, Satrafood and wholesale markets in the city will be held on the sidelines of the fair, said Nguyen Tuan, the centre's deputy director. — VNS