Last updated: 22 October 2026 · By Maximillien Quân Phạm, Wisematch Vietnam
Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027 is the 25th International Medical, Hospital & Pharmaceutical Exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City, held 5–7 August 2027 at SECC. VINEXAD and the HCMC Medical Equipment Association organise it with Ministry of Health support. It is trade-only and suits device, pharma, ingredient and machinery suppliers seeking Vietnamese distributors.
Wisematch is an official sales agent of VINEXAD, the organiser of Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027. International companies can book booths, national pavilion space and visitor programmes for Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027 directly through Wisematch — one English-speaking contact on WhatsApp from enquiry to show day.
What Wisematch does for you
- Booth selection and contract: we send the current floor plan, tell you which zone fits your product (main halls, the WPE & WHPE ingredients zone, PE-Tech machinery or VIREC) and handle the booking with VINEXAD.
- Shared stand or pavilion option: if you are testing the market, we book you a place in your country’s pavilion or a group stand.
- Visa invitation letter support and travel planning for your team.
- Sample and demo-device logistics: we coordinate temporary import of medical samples and equipment with the organiser’s appointed forwarder.
- Buyer meeting list of Vietnamese importers, distributors, clinics and GMP plants, interpreters on the booth, and help with follow-up after the show.
Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027 at a glance
| Official name | The 25th International Medical, Hospital & Pharmaceutical Exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo) |
|---|---|
| Edition | 25th Ho Chi Minh City edition |
| Dates | 5–7 August 2027 (Thursday to Saturday). Same dates on the official site and on the VINEXAD 2027 calendar |
| Venue | Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), 799 Nguyen Van Linh, Tan My Ward, Ho Chi Minh City |
| Organisers | VINEXAD National Trade Fair & Advertising JSC (founded 1975, UFI member since 2019) and the Ho Chi Minh City Medical Equipment Association (HMEA) |
| Supporter | Ministry of Health of Vietnam; the homepage also names the Ministry of Industry and Trade |
| Overseas partners listed | FICCI and Pharmexcil (India), Coex (Korea), Bravia and Win-Win (logos on the official site) |
| Frequency | Annual, every summer in Ho Chi Minh City |
| Last edition | 24th, 30 July – 1 August 2026, SECC: 300 businesses from 15 countries and territories, 380 booths (VNA, 30 July 2026) |
| Concurrent events | VIREC (elderly care and rehabilitation) and Vietnam Smart Health |
| Admission | Professionals, trade and business visitors only |
| Official website | medipharmexpo.com |
The official site describes the show as “a significant and comprehensive event in the healthcare sector of Vietnam, organized annually under the sponsor and support of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Industry and Trade”. For a foreign exhibitor that matters in practical ways. Ministry of Health officials attend the opening, and the seminar programme follows the regulatory agenda: at the 2026 opening the deputy chief of the Ministry of Health Office spoke, and one seminar covered legal risk management under Decree 90/2026/ND-CP (VNA, 30 July 2026). HMEA as co-organiser brings the southern medical-equipment trade, the people who import, register and distribute devices.
The trade-only rule is worth noting. The organiser’s General Information page states that admission is for “professionals, trade and business visitors only”, and that the organiser may refuse admission. You will spend your three days talking to importers, distributors, clinic owners, pharmacists and factory managers, not to the public.
How big is Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo? 2025 and 2026 figures
Organisers publish forecasts before a show, and news agencies report counts on opening day. The two rarely match, so we show both.
| Edition | Pre-show figure (organiser) | Opening-day figure (press) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025, 31 Jul – 2 Aug, SECC | 450 exhibitors from 23 countries and territories, 500 booths, 12,000 visitors expected (VNA story republished by the organiser, June 2025) | No opening-day count found in a source we opened |
| 2026 (24th), 30 Jul – 1 Aug, SECC | “Over 500 enterprises from 30 countries and territories” (organiser article, February 2026) | 300 businesses, 15 countries and territories, 380 booths (VNA, 30 July 2026; same figures in Doanh nghiệp & Hội nhập, 15 July 2026) |
| 2027 (25th), 5–7 Aug, SECC | Homepage counters: 400 companies, 450 booths, 15 countries and territories, 9,000 visitors (undated) | Not yet held |
On the most recent independent count, the Ho Chi Minh City edition is a mid-sized specialist show: about 300 exhibitors and 380 booths. Plan your booth size and expectations around that, not the pre-show forecast. The international share is real but focused. In 2026 foreign brands came from China, Korea, India, Malaysia and Singapore (Doanh nghiệp & Hội nhập, 15 July 2026). In 2025 the organiser named national booths from India (pharmaceutical and laboratory SMEs), Korea (medical tourism, software and devices) and Malaysia (gloves and disposables). No post-show visitor count for 2026 was published in a source we could open; Wisematch requests the show report and the visitor breakdown by job title for you before you sign.
What is on show, and who walks the floor
The English site lists six exhibit profiles: medical, laboratory and analytical equipment and materials; cosmetics and beauty-care products; hospital services and medical tourism; pharmaceutical products, processing and packaging machinery; dental and optical products and technology; and eldercare and rehabilitation, which links to the concurrent VIREC show. Press coverage of the 2026 edition adds hospital equipment, diagnostics and testing, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical ingredients and production technology, and names Vietnamese exhibitors Lavitec, Semeco, Dược phẩm 3/2 and Wecare 247 (Doanh nghiệp & Hội nhập, 15 July 2026).
The WPE & WHPE and PE-Tech zone: ingredients and pharma machinery
The main change in 2026 was a dedicated zone for pharmaceutical ingredients (WPE & WHPE) and pharmaceutical processing technology and equipment (PE-Tech), co-organised by VINEXAD and WORLDBOSON and held for the first time in Vietnam. The organiser describes WPE & WHPE as a series held annually in Xi’an, China; its 2025 Xi’an edition covered 26,800 m², with over 500 exhibitors and 26,636 professional visitors, according to the organiser’s article. The Vietnam zone targets APIs, excipients, natural extracts, tablet presses, capsule fillers, MES systems, track-and-trace packaging and laboratory testing (HPLC, GC). Expect many Chinese suppliers here, given the Xi’an partner; non-Chinese suppliers should come with a clear argument on quality documentation, regulatory files and after-sales service.
B2B matching and seminars
Alongside the halls, the 2026 edition ran a B2B business-matching programme and seminars on medicinal-herb development, legal risk management, ESG practice and sustainable development (Doanh nghiệp & Hội nhập, 15 July 2026). For a foreign exhibitor, a seminar slot is one of the few ways to put your company in front of regulators and hospital managers in a single room. Ask us early if you want to speak; programme places fill well before the show.
Why exhibit at Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027
1. Vietnam imports most of its medical equipment and active ingredients
The US International Trade Administration’s Vietnam healthcare guide (published 31 March 2026, citing BMI) puts healthcare expenditure at over US$22 billion in 2024, 4.7% of GDP. It values the medical device market at US$1.9 billion in 2024, forecast to reach US$2.8 billion by 2029, and says around 90% of medical equipment is imported. The pharmaceutical market was about US$6.4 billion in 2024, forecast at US$9.4 billion by 2029, with about 60% of finished products and 90% of active ingredients imported. An import-dependent market needs importers, and this show is where southern importers look for new brands.
2. Buyers already trust European, American and Asian brands
Vietnam’s pharmaceutical imports reached nearly US$4.3 billion in 2025, down 2.4% on 2024. The largest suppliers were the United States (US$514.88 million, 12%), France (US$486.17 million), Germany (US$400.75 million), Italy (US$307.27 million) and India (US$305.07 million); the EU supplied US$2.33 billion, 54.3% of the total (Customs preliminary data, via Nghe An Newspaper, 9 February 2026). A new European, American or Indian brand does not need to explain where it comes from. It needs to explain why it is better than the incumbent, and a booth with a live demonstration is the fastest place to do that.
3. Domestic pharma plants are upgrading, which creates machinery and ingredient demand
The organiser links the WPE & WHPE and PE-Tech zone to the national pharmaceutical strategy’s goal that domestically produced medicines meet 80% of consumption demand by 2030. Vietnamese factories moving to EU-GMP or PIC/S standards need new production lines, testing equipment and stable raw-material sources. A GMP plant manager either needs a new tablet press this year or does not; these conversations are fewer than general visitor traffic but much easier to qualify.
4. Ho Chi Minh City is where private specialty healthcare is concentrated
The ITA notes that hospitals in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City receive up to 60% of the country’s patients. Public hospitals make up 76% of all hospitals and government-funded hospitals account for 86% of the device market, so public demand runs through tenders and local partners. Private hospitals number 384 (24% of hospitals) and concentrate on ophthalmology, dentistry, dermatology, cardiology and oncology. Those specialties line up with the show’s dental, optical, beauty and medical-tourism zones, and private clinic owners decide quickly.
5. Five shows in one week at SECC
The 5–7 August 2027 block is the busiest on the VINEXAD calendar. VIREC (elderly care and rehabilitation) runs alongside as a concurrent event. VILOG and Viet ColdChain help you find bonded-warehouse and cold-chain partners for vaccines, biologics and diagnostics. ROBOTEX runs on the same dates. The week after, Vietfood & Beverage – ProPack runs 12–14 August at SECC, which suits supplement and functional-food makers; see our Vietfood Ho Chi Minh City 2027 guide. One trip can cover your distributor, your logistics partner and your cold-chain provider.
Medipharm Expo HCMC vs Hanoi: which “Medipharm” is which
Searches for “vietnam medi pharm expo”, “medipharm expo hanoi” and “medi pharm expo vietnam” return several events with similar names, run by different organisers and numbered separately. This is what we found in sources dated 2025–2026.
| Event as reported | Dates and venue | Organisers | Focus and buyer type | Reported scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo HCMC (this page) | 5–7 Aug 2027, SECC, Ho Chi Minh City | VINEXAD and HMEA | Devices, pharma, ingredients and machinery, dental, optical, beauty; southern distributors, private clinics, GMP plants; trade only | 300 businesses, 15 countries, 380 booths (2026) |
| Vietnam Medi-Pharm, Hanoi (34th in 2026) | 6–9 May 2026, Viet Xo Friendship Cultural Palace, 91 Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi; held every May | VIMEDIMEX, VIETFAIR and the Vietnam Medical Equipment Association; “maintained since 1994” | Pharma, devices, hospital, dental, medical tourism, smart health; northern market and public-sector contacts | 9,000 m², 400 booths, 300 organisations, 15+ countries (2026, per the Ministry of Health portal) |
| Vietnam Medipharm Expo, Hanoi (VINEXAD, 31st in 2025) | 4–6 Dec 2025, I.C.E Hanoi | VINEXAD with the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Companies Association | Pharma and devices, run in parallel with VIREC 2025 | About 150 booths, 100 businesses, 8 countries (pre-show) |
How to choose: if your distributor or target clinics are in the south, or you sell ingredients and pharma machinery, the August SECC edition is the one. If you need the northern market, ministries and large public hospitals in Hanoi, the May Hanoi show organised by VIMEDIMEX and VIETFAIR is the alternative. No 2027 date for a VINEXAD Hanoi edition was published on medipharmexpo.com in October 2026; we will confirm it for you if the north is your priority. And if you searched for “medipharm labs” or “medipharm solutions”, those are companies unrelated to the fair.
Who should exhibit at Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027, who should visit, and who should wait
| Company type | Our advice | Realistic goal for the booth |
|---|---|---|
| Makers of Class A or B devices (consumables, basic monitors, rehab aids) | Exhibit | Sign or shortlist a distributor; first orders once the notification with the provincial Department of Health is filed |
| Makers of Class C or D devices (imaging, implants, life support) | Exhibit with a clear partner plan | Find an importer of record who will hold the registration with the Ministry of Health; orders come later |
| API, excipient and natural-extract suppliers | Exhibit in WPE & WHPE | Meetings with purchasing and QA managers of GMP plants |
| Pharma processing, packaging and lab-testing equipment | Exhibit in PE-Tech | Line upgrades, service and spare-parts agreements |
| Dental, optical and aesthetic suppliers | Exhibit | Private specialty clinics and chains in HCMC |
| Foreign hospitals and medical-tourism providers | Exhibit or join a pavilion | Referral agreements with clinics, insurers and agencies |
| National trade bodies (India, Korea, Malaysia ran pavilions in 2025) | Run a pavilion | Low-cost market test for member SMEs |
| Vietnamese importers, distributors and pharmacy chains | Visit | Meet new foreign brands and compare suppliers in three days |
| Companies needing hundreds of public-hospital purchasing heads | Wait or use local partners | Public tenders are not decided at fairs |
| Brands with no plan to register the product in Vietnam within 12–18 months | Wait | Distributors will ask for the registration plan first |
The pattern behind this table: plan your booth around the regulatory step your product must pass before a Vietnamese buyer can sell it. The ITA summarises the system this way: Class A and B devices need notification with a provincial Department of Health; Class C and D need a registration number from the Ministry of Health’s Infrastructure and Medical Device Administration. Decree 04/2025/ND-CP amended the device rules, and a replacement law is being drafted. Finished medicines need marketing authorisation; the revised Pharmacy Law 44/2024/QH15 adds regulatory reliance on approvals by stringent authorities. Low-risk devices are the fastest path from booth to order. For high-risk devices and drugs, the booth is a partner search, and the partner who files your dossier matters more than the visitor count. This is not legal advice; check your product with a regulatory consultant.
Want to know if Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027 fits your product? Ask Wisematch on WhatsApp — we will tell you honestly, including when a different show suits you better.
How to exhibit at Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027, step by step
We count back from 5 August 2027. As of this update you have about nine and a half months, which is a comfortable lead time for a medical show, where regulatory homework takes longest.
- November 2026: decide your format. Independent booth, a place in your national pavilion, or a visitor programme first. Wisematch checks which pavilions are planned and sends you the current floor plan.
- December 2026: choose your zone. Main halls, WPE & WHPE (ingredients), PE-Tech (machinery) or the VIREC area. We request the 2026 exhibitor list and visitor breakdown for you, so you can see who walked the floor.
- January 2027: place your product in the regulatory picture. Device class, registration or notification status, and what the booth is for: orders, a distributor, or a registration partner. We help you write this into a one-page brief for buyers.
- February–March 2027: confirm booth type and build. Raw space suits large equipment and companies with their own stand builder. A shell-scheme booth with walls, fascia, lighting and basic furniture suits first-time exhibitors and pavilion members. SECC Halls A and B are column-free with a 76 m steel span and a floor load of 5,000 kg/m² (Hall B for static exhibits only), so heavy imaging or production equipment is possible; we check power and rigging with the organiser. Wisematch handles the contract and the organiser’s deadlines for fascia, catalogue entries and services.
- March–May 2027: samples and imports. Medical samples and demonstration devices may need an import permit even if they will not be sold. We arrange temporary import through the organiser’s appointed forwarder. Cat Lai Port is 11 km from SECC, which helps if you ship machinery by sea.
- May–June 2027: visas and buyer meetings. Your team applies for an e-visa (up to 90 days, all nationalities, at evisa.gov.vn) or uses the 45-day exemption available to 12 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Korea and the UK; we provide invitation-letter support where needed. In parallel we build a list of 30–50 named Vietnamese importers, distributors, clinic chains and GMP plants and send invitations in Vietnamese. Don’t go to trade shows to hope — go to control probability.
- Show days, 5–7 August 2027: run the booth. Interpreters and on-site support from Wisematch. Qualify each visitor: what they distribute today, which hospitals or pharmacies they supply, and who files registrations.
- By 14 August 2027: follow up. Reply to every qualified contact within a week, ideally in Vietnamese, with registration status and sample terms. We help with translation and second meetings.
SECC is about 20 minutes from central Ho Chi Minh City and 45 minutes from Tan Son Nhat International Airport, by the venue’s figures. Phu My Hung, next to SECC, saves the daily commute. More in our business visa guide for trade fairs, the list of SECC events in 2027 and our overview of medical and healthcare trade shows in Vietnam 2027.
What a booth at Vietnam Medipharm Expo will not do for you
A booth will not register your product, will not put you on a hospital tender list, and will not replace a distributor’s due diligence on you. No organiser or agent can promise a number of buyers or orders, and Wisematch does not. Không hứa suông — chúng tôi đo bằng deals thực. Three days at SECC give you access to the Vietnamese importers, distributors, clinics and factories that decide which foreign brands enter the southern market. What you take home depends on the meetings booked before you arrive and on how fast your regulatory file moves after you leave. If your product has no realistic registration path yet, we will tell you to visit in 2027 and exhibit once the partner is in place.
Frequently asked questions about Vietnam Medipharm Expo
When and where is Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027?
The 25th Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo in Ho Chi Minh City takes place from Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 August 2027 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), 799 Nguyen Van Linh, Tan My Ward. The dates match on the official site and on the VINEXAD 2027 calendar. VIREC, VILOG, Viet ColdChain and ROBOTEX run at SECC in the same week.
How do I book a booth at Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027?
Book through Wisematch, an official sales agent of VINEXAD, which organises the show with the HCMC Medical Equipment Association. Send us your product, device class or registration status, target buyers and preferred booth size on WhatsApp (+84 354 624 102) or by email. We reply the same working day with booth options, the floor plan and next steps.
How big was Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo 2026?
The 24th Ho Chi Minh City edition, 30 July to 1 August 2026 at SECC, opened with 300 businesses from 15 countries and territories at 380 booths, according to the Vietnam News Agency. The organiser had announced over 500 enterprises from 30 countries before the show. We use the press figure and request the post-show report for you before you book.
Is Vietnam Medipharm Expo open to the public?
No. The organiser’s General Information page states that admission is for professionals, trade and business visitors only, and the organiser may refuse entry. Expect importers, distributors, pharmacists, clinic and hospital staff, and factory managers. The concurrent VIREC elderly-care show shares the week; ask us about its visitor rules if you target families as well as trade buyers.
Is there a Vietnam Medipharm Expo in Hanoi?
There are separate Hanoi events. Vietnam Medi-Pharm, organised by VIMEDIMEX and VIETFAIR, held its 34th edition on 6–9 May 2026 at the Viet Xo Friendship Cultural Palace. VINEXAD also ran a 31st Hanoi edition on 4–6 December 2025 at I.C.E Hanoi. No 2027 date for the VINEXAD Hanoi edition was published in October 2026; Wisematch can confirm it for you.
Can I sell medical devices at the booth?
Do not plan on it. Devices need notification (Class A and B) or registration (Class C and D) before they can be sold in Vietnam, and drugs need marketing authorisation, according to the US International Trade Administration. Most foreign exhibitors use the booth to find a distributor or registration partner, then sell through that partner once the paperwork is in place.
Book your booth or visit with Wisematch
Wisematch is an official sales agent of VINEXAD. Tell us your product, target buyers and preferred booth size — we reply the same working day in English with booth options, the floor plan and the next steps for Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2027.
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Sources
- Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo official site (EN): 2027 dates, 25th edition, exhibit profile, counters, partners; General Information (organisers HMEA and VINEXAD, Ministry of Health support, trade-only admission). Accessed 22 Oct 2026
- Organiser: WPE & WHPE and PE-Tech at Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo 2026, 3 Feb 2026; VNA via organiser: 2025 edition to draw 450 exhibitors from 23 countries, June 2025
- VietnamPlus (VNA): Over 300 firms participate in Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo 2026, 30 Jul 2026
- Doanh nghiệp & Hội nhập: Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo 2026 (HCMC) – 300 firms, 380 booths, B2B and seminars, 15 Jul 2026
- Doanh nghiệp & Hội nhập: Vietnam Medi-Pharm 2026 Hanoi (34th, VIMEDIMEX/VIETFAIR), 17 Apr 2026
- Mekong ASEAN: Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2025 (Hanoi, 31st edition), Sep 2025
- Nghe An Newspaper: Pharmaceutical imports 2025 nearly US$4.3 billion (Customs data), 9 Feb 2026
- US International Trade Administration: Vietnam – Healthcare, published 31 Mar 2026
- SECC: Exhibition level; SECC: How to get here
- UFI: VINEXAD; VINEXAD trade fair calendar
- Vietnam Embassy Copenhagen: visa waiver for 12 countries (Resolution 44/NQ-CP)
