The Hanoitimes - A total of 188 contracts and memoranda of understanding worth a total 457.5 billion VND were signed at the Red River Delta region’s technology and equipment fair, which closed in Quang Ninh province on August 9.

Two hundred booths of 180 organisations at home and abroad offered 1,000 items of technologies and equipment at the fair, Techmart Quang Ninh 2010.

They included products of agro-forestry-fisheries, food and beverage, mechanics and mechanical engineering, electricity and electronics, information technology and telecommunications, environmental treatment, health and pharmaceutical sectors.

Nearly 1,000 types of technology and equipment were showcased at 200 stalls displaying products from 180 Vietnamese and foreign scientific and technological organisations.

On display was a wide variety of types of equipment and technology for technology-intensive sectors such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food processing (14.5%), mechanics and manufacturing (27.1%), electrics, electronics and automation (21.5%), telecommunications and information technology (12%), environmental treatment (4.6%), health and pharmaceuticals (4.3%).

The five-day fair attracted over 70,000 visitors.

During the fair, three seminars were held on science and technology to support socio-economic development in the Red River Delta region, the application of radiation and radio-active isotopes in socio-economic development and the dissemination of information about clean aquaculture technology.