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France is Partner Country at analytica Vietnam 2013
Due to a change in the Vietnamese lunar calendar, and the resulting shift in the Vietnamese national holiday, analytica Vietnam will start one day early. The 3rd International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics will open its gates at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City from 17 – 19 April, 2013. 2013 is the Year of France and Vietnam, so France will be the official Partner Country at analytica Vietnam.
analytica Vietnam is now in its third year, and interest among companies remains very high. Besides large contingents of exhibitors from Japan and India, a large number of Germany companies are participating in the fair including several leading manufacturers such as Eppendorf, Julabo and Netzsch. There will also be an official German pavilion. Agilent, Bruker, Dionex, DKSH, Horiba, Sartorius, Shimadzu and Thermo Fischer are among the leading international companies that are increasingly founding subsidiaries in Vietnam and registering through them. Historically close relations between France and Vietnam will also be reflected at this year’s fair. France is this year’s official Partner Country. French companies will present their products and latest developments, among other things at a joint exhibition stand. The Partner Country program also accounts for a number of events on the agenda.

analytica Conference and workshops
As always, the analytica Vietnam Conference, which is being supervised by Professor Dr Kettrup, formerly working at the Technical University Munich, and Professor Dr Viet (Hanoi University of Science), takes place at the same time as the fair. This year’s program of events includes lectures on topics including food analysis, pharmaceuticals and environmental technology. For example, Dr Huebschmann (Thermo Fisher Scientific) will discuss workflow when analysing pesticides in food. Among other things, the presentation will examine the latest techniques being used to analyse pesticides and dioxins.
One of the workshop highlights is a tutorial from Professor Boos (Medical Center, University Munich/ Germany) on ‘Current trends in the cleanup of body fluids for LC-MS/MS analysis of small molecules’. The tutorial addresses laboratory managers as well as analysts in pharmaceutical and chemical laboratories. It will give them background know-how about FDA/EU, ICH, PIC/S, USP and ISO 17025. The workshop on ‘Equipment qualification and system validation in regulated laboratories’ by Doctor Huber (Labcompliance/ Germany) will inform managers from pharmaceutical and food laboratories about the latest requirements and strategies that pertain to FDA/EU, ICH, PIC/S, USP and ISO 17025. On April 19, a workshop organised by the National Agency for Science and Technology Information (NASATI) will give participants an overview of available technologies in the laboratory-technology, analysis and biotechnology sectors for the Vietnamese market.
analytica Vietnam 2013 is organised by Messe München International (MMI) and its subsidiary IMAG (International Fair and Exhibition Service) as well as the NASATI.
All information about analytica Vietnam is available at: www.analyticavietnam.com