VIV Asia celebrates its 22nd anniversary in Bangkok this year and its ninth event. Outlining its achievements over the years, Mr Gerard Leeuwenburgh, director of international exhibitions for VNU Exhibitions Europe and managing director of VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific, told an audience of over 300 that this year's event had a hard act to follow to beat the achievement of 2011 when that event had seen an increase of 20 percent in exhibitor numbers to just over 700 coupled with over 29,000 visitors.
However, 2013 was already looking to exceed those figures with more than 770 exhibitors from 48 countries attending Bangkok this year under both VIV Asia 2013 and Aquatic Asia 2013.
"VIV Asia has establish itself as a must attend event in the animal husbandry calendar in Asia," he told his audience in an introduction.
While China led the country list of most exhibitors, 133 in total, followed by Thailand with 76, India with 70, The Netherlands with 65 and France with 62, he said it was not just about volume and square metres that mattered. "It's the diversity of the complete production chains from feed to meat that is represented here," he added.
He said he was also impressed with the 10 official country pavilions, a new CropTech-FeedTech Pavilion along with conferences and seminars too many to mention, making VIV Asia 2013 a full week of activities. He paid particular mention of the new VIV-Perendale Conference under the CropTech-FeedTech banner which was to be held later in the day as one of this year’s advances.
The opening keynote address was delivered by David Heath, Member of Parliament, Minister of State for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for the United Kingdom followed by opening remarks by Yokol Limiamthong, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives for Thailand.
The opening finished with a photo shoot before the VIPs toured the show.
However, 2013 was already looking to exceed those figures with more than 770 exhibitors from 48 countries attending Bangkok this year under both VIV Asia 2013 and Aquatic Asia 2013.
"VIV Asia has establish itself as a must attend event in the animal husbandry calendar in Asia," he told his audience in an introduction.
While China led the country list of most exhibitors, 133 in total, followed by Thailand with 76, India with 70, The Netherlands with 65 and France with 62, he said it was not just about volume and square metres that mattered. "It's the diversity of the complete production chains from feed to meat that is represented here," he added.
He said he was also impressed with the 10 official country pavilions, a new CropTech-FeedTech Pavilion along with conferences and seminars too many to mention, making VIV Asia 2013 a full week of activities. He paid particular mention of the new VIV-Perendale Conference under the CropTech-FeedTech banner which was to be held later in the day as one of this year’s advances.
The opening keynote address was delivered by David Heath, Member of Parliament, Minister of State for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for the United Kingdom followed by opening remarks by Yokol Limiamthong, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives for Thailand.
The opening finished with a photo shoot before the VIPs toured the show.
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| Minister of Agriculture for Thailand, Yukol Limiamthong being interviewed by Thai press after the official opening of VIV Asia and Aquatic Asia 2013 in Bangkok |
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