Sydney Construction Expo 2025: Opportunity to expand market for Vietnamese businesses

According to VNA reporters, on May 7-8, the Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) in coordination with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Sydney and the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia organized the “Ho Chi Minh City Pavilion Cluster” at the Sydney Build Expo 2025.

With the participation of 30 leading enterprises in the construction sector of Vietnam, members of the Ho Chi Minh City Construction and Building Materials Association and the Ho Chi Minh City Mechanical and Electrical Enterprises Association, the event aims to create opportunities for enterprises in the construction and building materials industry in Ho Chi Minh City to promote and introduce products, connect with construction companies, distributors and construction contractors, survey the market, grasp the tastes and trends of using construction materials in Australia and internationally.

Sydney Build Expo is Australia’s largest annual design and construction exhibition, officially sponsored by the Lord Mayor of Sydney and the Premier of New South Wales.

The exhibition is an ideal event for Ho Chi Minh City businesses to grasp trends and technological innovations, learn and develop markets, access potential projects, expand business networks, and participate in the value chain in the construction industry in Australia and the world.

At this year’s exhibition, Vietnam participated on an unprecedented scale, with more than 30 booths, displaying a variety of products in the field of construction materials, attracting the attention of many visitors, marking Vietnam’s presence in the global construction field.

Sharing at the event, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung, Consul General of Vietnam in charge of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, said that in the context of global trade tensions, the Ho Chi Minh City Trade and Investment Promotion Center, the Consulate General of Vietnam in Sydney, the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia, the Ho Chi Minh City Construction and Building Materials Association and the Ho Chi Minh City Mechanical and Electrical Enterprises Association have promptly coordinated to organize a large-scale exhibition area specializing in construction materials and mechanics within the framework of Sydney Build Expo 2025.

The Consul General assessed this as an important event in the context of the industry’s supply chain between Vietnam and Australia still having great potential, with iron and steel products increasing by 61% and electric cables increasing by 53% over the same period last year in the first 3 months of 2025.

Meanwhile, Mr. Nguyen Phu Hoa, Head of the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia, said that since 2019, the Trade Office has stepped up promotion of products in this industry.

Many products such as cement, iron and steel, electric cables, interior and exterior furniture, etc. continue to grow strongly.

After the exhibition, the Trade Office will continue to connect Vietnamese businesses with projects and investment funds to participate in projects, distributors, logistics networks, and exhibition booths, thereby strengthening the supply chain.

In an interview with VNA reporters on the sidelines of the event, Mr. Dao Minh Chanh, Deputy Director of ITPC, said that Sydney Build Expo 2025 attracts tens of thousands of potential partners and visitors from Australia and the world, so this is a great opportunity for Ho Chi Minh City enterprises participating in the exhibition to expand their markets, seek potential partners and grasp prospects for exporting materials to the market of the Oceanian country, especially in the favorable context when the Vietnam-Australia relationship has been upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Representing the businesses exhibiting their products at the exhibition, Mr. Nguyen Kinh Luan, Deputy General Director of Investment and International Market of Hoa Binh Construction Group Joint Stock Company, said that Australia has a fast construction speed but is lacking in engineers and skilled workers. Therefore, this is a large and potential market for Vietnamese businesses.

According to Mr. Luan, Vietnam is currently one of Asia’s major centers for building materials. Businesses participating in this year’s exhibition will have a great opportunity to promote their products in the Australian building materials market, thereby exporting high-quality Vietnamese products.

Showing interest and enthusiasm in admiring the products displayed at the “Ho Chi Minh City Pavilion,” Mr. Johnathan Linnane, an engineer at the Wollongong City Council, said he was very impressed with Vietnamese brick products because they were designed in a creative and unique way.

Agreeing with that comment, Ms. El’lena Manning, a friend who visited the exhibition with Mr. Linnne, said: “From what I have seen here, I see a lot of innovation, creativity and a lot of good quality materials. I am really excited to see what great products the Vietnamese will introduce to our country.”

Meanwhile, Ms. Carmen Bawelkiewics, a visitor, said that many Australian companies are currently looking for construction materials from foreign countries, especially innovative technologies. Therefore, with their strengths and uniqueness, Vietnamese products displayed at the exhibition can be warmly welcomed and have the opportunity to penetrate the Australian market.

In addition to participating in the exhibition booth, businesses and units of Ho Chi Minh City also attended sideline seminars on the topic of ecological innovation in decorative materials, the journey to access international markets; general introduction of Vietnam’s construction materials industry, trends, trade and transformation as well as opportunities to expand the market in Australia.

At the workshop, Mr. Nghiem Xuan Hoa, Minister Counselor, Deputy Ambassador of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia, said that Australia has established a fund worth 10 billion AUD to build 100,000 houses for first-time home buyers, and is committed to green development and spending 2 billion AUD on green aluminum production.

Meanwhile, the capacity of Vietnamese enterprises in the construction sector is increasingly improving. Therefore, there are good opportunities to promote the construction materials industry and cooperate in construction projects in Australia.

Deputy Ambassador Nghiem Xuan Hoa affirmed that the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia, together with the Vietnamese Consulates General in Sydney and Perth, and the Vietnamese Trade Office in Sydney, will support businesses of both countries to realize potential cooperative relationships./.