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| From Saturday early morning, the exhibition area is crowded with people coming to visit, learn and experience. — VNA/VNS Photo An Đăng |
HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam International Defence Exhibition will extend the opening hours of some booths until Monday, having originally been scheduled to close on Sunday.
The extension was decided by Senior Lieutenant General Hoàng Xuân Chiến, member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defence, and also head of the exhibition's Steering Committee.
His decision was issued on Sunday.
Specifically, the visiting hours will be extended for some booths of the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) such as shooting, AI technology and an exhibition area entitled 'Achievements in building the people's armed forces, building a national defence', along with the cultural spaces and food service area.
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| The patrol robot dog produced by Viettel AI proved a major attraction for visiting children. — VNA/VNS Photo Khánh Hoà |
Chiến assigned the exhibition organiser to direct the sub-committees to provide attentive service, ensuring absolute security and safety for visitors. The exhibition, which was free to attend, opened on Saturday morning.
During the day, the exhibition organiser recorded approximately 100,000 people registering to visit.
The security and safety units were praised for maintaining order in spite of the numbers, especially in terms of organising traffic and food hygiene.
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| The gun display area was also very popular, with a large number of visitors wanting to try out some of the weapons. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Đức |
On Saturday, residents and visitors could visit the exhibition for free from 9am instead of 1.30pm as originally scheduled.
Over the two days, many visitors arrived early in the morning to wait to visit the equipment and weapons. People who wanted to visit had to register in advance at https://vietnamdefence.vdi.org.vn. The information on their citizen identification cards must match the registered information.
To maintain public order, security forces instructed people to line up in an orderly fashion, giving priority to the elderly and children.
Security forces also reminded people to comply with the dress code. Specifically, for armed forces, military uniforms are required, for visitors, appropriate and polite clothing is required.
The organisers said they would refuse entry to any visitors wearing inappropriate clothing or those who were behaving inappropriately. — VNS
