Tissue World Vietnam “created remarkable impact within the pulp and paper industry – strengthening business connections, inspiring innovation, and affirming Vietnam’s growing position on the global industrial map.” Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association
As a return event is confirmed for 2027, the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association hails the outstanding success of the Ho Chi Minh City event which attracted global tissue leaders.
Tissue World – the world’s leading platform for the global tissue and towel industries – has successfully welcomed tissue colleagues to its exclusive exhibition and conference held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
In the stylish setting of the Equatorial Hotel between 25-26 November 2025, the two-day event focused on the ASEAN T&T markets and hosted market-leading exhibitors and conference speakers from around the world.
With a theme of The Rise of Asian Tissue: Cultivating Sustainable Growth Across Fast-Moving Markets, the conference’s Senior Management Symposium sessions included keynote speakers:
- Mr. Hoang Trung Son, General Director of Dong Tien Paper Company, and Chairman of Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA)
- Somnath Ray, Principal, AFRY Management Consulting
- Natalia Bezrebra, Senior Research Analyst, Euromonitor International.
Technical talks included presentations from:
- Luca Linari, General Manager, Andritz
- Grant Downham, Global Tissue Market Manager, BTG
- Giuseppe Alberti, Regional Sales Manager, APAC, TS Machines – Global Product Sales, Valmet
- Andrea Tomei, Area Sales Manager, Maflex
- Vu Tan Phuong, Director, Vietnam Forest Certification Office (VFCO)
- Cathy Liu, Sales Manager, OK Science and Technology Co.
- Xiaosong Huang, Marketing Manager, Solenis
- Gianni Gambini, Managing Director of Gambini America, Gambini America
- Nicola Romagnani, Marketing & Product Manager, Gambini
- Ivan Joedy, Head of Business and Application Development, Kemira
- Patarapol Limchitti, Regional Sales Manager at ABB Process Industries – Southeast Asia Cluster
- Sarah Zubair, Marketing & Channel Manager, PACKAGES
- Jarmo Ropponen, Head of Asia-Pacific, Head of Tissue and CEO Malaysia at Tieto Pulp, Paper and Fibre Industry
- Xingxian (Tyler) Mei, Manager, Technical Marketing and Service (APAC), UPM Pulp.
Held in partnership with the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association (VPPA), Tissue World Ho Chi Minh City was the first Tissue World to be held in Asia since Tissue World Bangkok 2018.
Event organiser Informa Connect – the world leading business that delivers content-led live and on demand events, training and specialist content to businesses and professionals globally – announced that the success of Tissue World Ho Chi Minh City ensures that it will return to the city in 2027.
For those who couldn’t make it, here TWM summaries a handful of key topics raised:
FOCUS ON I: The BANI era: the age of tissue – and Vietnam’s strong growth
FOCUS ON II: Evaluating Shifting Dynamics Across Booming APAC market
FOCUS ON III: Retail Tissue in APAC: Navigating Regional Trends in a Global Landscape
