HANOI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will hold its first international consumer electronics exhibition and conference in Hanoi in April next year to mainly showcase the country's information technology (IT) and electronics industry, one of the fastest-growing ones in Southeast Asia, organizers said Wednesday.

    The Vietnam Consumer Electronics Expo 2008 slated for April 9-12, 2008 will offer venues for multinationals and big domestic IT, telecommunications and consumer electronics firms, including Intel, Canon, Panasonic, AMD and CMC to exhibit their latest audio, visual, imaging, handheld, network, gaming, wireless, hardware, and software products at over 200 booths, Mai Anh, vice chairman of Vietnam's Hanoi Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Association, told reporters.

    Besides, policy makers and experts will exchange experiences and views on international, regional and national development of ICT and electronics, he said, noting that delegations from such foreign countries as China, Japan, South Korea, India, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia will partake in various activities during the expo.

    Le Thanh Lam, general director of International Data Group (IDG) in Vietnam, said a recent report of market research firm GfK Vietnam showed that the total value of the country's retail IT and electronics market is estimated at 3.1 billion U.S. dollars this year, up 29.2 percent over last year.

    The Vietnam Consumer Electronics Expo 2008 will be held by the Hanoi ICT Association and IDG Vietnam.