The 12th Himalayan Expo which opened Wednesday showcases products and services offered by 125-150 companies from Nepal, the USA, the UK, Germany, France, China, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore. The Shree Distillery, Radisson Hotel, Mount Everest Brewery, Kwality Ice-creams, Qatar Airways, Bitarak.com, Transavia Airlines, Indian Airlines and the Standard Nursery are major sponsors of the expo.
About the same time next month-18-22 September there will be another exposition, the Agro-Expo 2002 (September 18-22), organised by the Agriculture Enterprise Centre, the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Floricultural Association of Nepal.