The Vietnam Communications and Vietnam Electronics Exhibition 2009 will be held in Vietnam from November 18 to 21 this year, the local newspaper Vietnam Economic Times reported Wednesday.

The event is expected to draw about 200 foreign companies to showcase their products like satellite television, cable communications and personal digital devices.

On the sideline of the exhibition, there will be conferences, focusing on hot issues like opportunities and challenges for development of electronic products in the global economic crisis, said the newspaper.

Discussions will also be raised on such matters as process of development the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in future, the most advanced solutions for development of the mobile broadband of the third generation technology (3G), multi-media entertainment and the Next Generation Network (NGN).

Source: Xinhua