Footwear machinery exhibition «VFM 2026»

   Four days in the District 7 exhibition halls devoted to the part of a shoe nobody sees: the machines, moulds, adhesives, leather and materials behind it. The visitors here buy production lines, not footwear.

   The full name of the show is the Vietnam International Footwear Machinery & Material Industry Exhibition. It is organised by Yorkers together with Vinexad, co-organised by the shoe machinery associations of Guangdong and Dongguan, two Chinese manufacturing hubs for such equipment.

   What makes the trip efficient is that VFM runs concurrently, in the same venue, with three sister shows:

   — VTG, the international textile and garment exhibition
— VitaTex, covering textile materials and accessories
— DYECHEM Vietnam, for dyes and chemicals

   One visit therefore covers the chain from yarn and fabric through chemicals to shoemaking machinery, which is useful if you are comparing suppliers before committing to a line.

   The show is aimed at manufacturers, distributors and technology providers in the leather and footwear sector. The organiser offers free visitor registration for trade guests.

   If your factory is weighing up new equipment this year, October in District 7 is where to look at it.