THE 18TH PRESENTATION OF VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY FAIR 2009

THE 18TH PRESENTATION OF VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY FAIR 2009(The largest Gem & Jewelry Event In Vietnam Since 1992)

November 12 - 16, 2009, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

We would like to invite your esteem organization to exhibit in the forthcoming 18th Vietnam International Jewelry Fair 2009. The annual Vietnam International Jewelry Exhibition Fair Ho Chi Minh City has been held by Saigon Jewelry Holding Company (SJC) since 1992 and is recognized as the largest Gem and Jewelry show of its kind in Vietnam. We are proud of having a great support from World Gold Council, City Government, Vietnam Gold Trade Association, and Saigon Jewelry Association.

Last exhibition - 17th Vietnam International Jewelry Fair 2008 had attracted 100 exhibitors from Vietnam and 15 other countries around the world as well as trade and public visitors of 17.000 people. This event becomes the annual meeting of 8,000 jewelry manufacturers, businesses, the top skillful craftsmen in Vietnam.

Taking part in the largest jewelry event in Vietnam, the exhibitors can rest assured that all the custom clearance procedure, booth set-up and security issues are taken care by the organizer. SJC is known to be the best organizer in Vietnam in handling these issues which are the biggest concern for any international jewelry exhibitors when they participate in overseas fairs.

I am pleased to attach herewith :

a) Fact Sheet

b) Space Reservation Form

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Warmest Regards


Kam Lin

IIR Exhibitions Pte Ltd
Tel : (848) 3820 6131
Mobile : (84) 903 693 824
Email : kamlin.chong @iirx.com.sg

NATIONAL GEM AND JEWELLERY AUTHORITY (NGJA)

NATIONAL GEM AND JEWELLERY AUTHORITY (NGJA)

MINISTRY OF ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT PROMOTION

YET ANOTHER FACILITY INTRODUCED BY THE

NATIONAL GEM & JEWELLERY AUTHORITY (N.G.J.A)

We are pleased to announce the following event as the 19th step of a Lecture Series organized by the N.G.J.A. with the collaboration of the SLGJA (Lapidary Segment) for the benefit of the members of the trade.

Topic - gem buying experience in Africa and fair trade ethics in the luxury goods market

Date - Monday the 17th august 2009

Time - 3.30 to 5.00 P.M

Venue - Auditorium (2nd Floor).

National Gem & Jewellery Authority

25, Galle Face Terrace, Colombo 03.

RESOURCE PERSON – Mr. Guy Clutterbuck – G.G.(GIA)

PARTICIPATION IS FREE OF CHARGE

For Registration and Information please contact Export Promotion Division on 2390645-8 Ext. 241 or mail us at gemautho@sltnet.lk on or before 14.08.2009.

National Gem & Jewellery Authority.

(Export promotion Division)

No. 25, Galle Face Terrace,

Colombo 03.

Tel No. 2390645/8 Ext. 241

E.mail –gemautho@sltnet.lk

WebSite:www.srilankagemautho.com

CHINA INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY SHOW- BEIJING 5-9TH NOVEMBER 2009.

CHINA INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY SHOW- BEIJING 5-9TH NOVEMBER 2009.

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing has started preliminary discussions to organize a "Sri Lanka Pavilion" at the China International Jewellery Show in Beijing to be held from November 5-9th November 2009, with the assistance of NGJA.

The show organizer's has agreed to offer 14 no.s of 9sq.m. booths for the Sri Lanka Pavilion at a concessionary rate of US$1200/- per 3m x 3m booth with 02 showcases, spot lights and furniture.

Since this is a special offer,NGJA wishes to organize a Pavilion reserving 8 booths of our Association.

China is a highly potential market for Sri Lanka Gems,and this is a very favorable exclusive offer for the Members of our Association.

We shall be pleased if you could inform us by return E- Mail whether you could like to obtain a booth, for us to distribute among the members.

If we have more than 8 applicants,then it would be given on a first come first serve basis.

For participating Companies a 4 star Hotel will be at a rate of 450 RMB per room including breakfast,and would be walking distance to the exhibition centre.

Regarding the CARNET,Mr. Alexi Gunaskera , Commercial Counsellor, Embassy of Sri Lanka, Beijing, will make very effort with the Customs.to carry goods without the CARNET.

Your early attention on this matter is highly appreciated.

Thanks and kind regards.

Rubies and Sapphires of Sri Lanka

Ruby abd sapphire belong to the mineral family called corundum. Chemically they are both aluminium oxide in a crystalline form that was made deep underground into clear and beautiful gemnstones under high pressure and heat. Impurities within the crystals give it the attractive, glowing colours. Good specimens of these gems are perhaps almost as valuable as diamonds. All colours of corundum except red are known as sapphires. The colorless variety is called white sapphire and was once a cheap substitute for diamonds. Yellow, purple, pink, green or white sapphires are called "facy" by the trade. Red corundum is now termed as ruby but there was a controversy some years ago on the difference between ruby and red or pink sapphire. In 1991, the International Coloured Gemstone Association ruled that even the lighter shades of red corundum should be termed ruby.Sapphires and rubies are found all over the world and are mined in Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, USA, and Zambia, but the gemstones from India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other countries in the far east were and still are renowned for their pure, rich color and quality. Specially Sri Lanka produces the world's best quality blue sapphires. Good quality stones have been found in Sri Lanka, all over india, from Tamil Nadu in the south to Kashmir in the North. Blue sapphires from the very inaccessible mines of the Zanskar valley in Kashmir are produces good quality gemstones than other parts in the India. Discovered in 1880 after a huge rock slide, they have a pure intence blue color, with a slight measure of silk or milkiness. The oldest sapphire mines were in Sri Lanka and gems found there are light to rich blue in colors. Cornflower blue color sapphires are only found in Sri Lanka, and are very high in price. Sapphires from Madagascar are of high quality with some exceptional yellow and pink stones. Brazil has unearthed some good blue to purple and pink stones recently.Sapphires from Sri Lanka is known as "Ceylon Sapphires".

World Diamond Trade

Europeans once believed that the cutting or alteration of a diamond would destroy its magical properties, but sometime after 1330AD, cutters in Venice learned how to shape and polish a diamond with an iron wheel coated with diamond dust to produce greater brilliance. The city then became the first centre for diamond trading. Over the next century, diamond traders, mainly Jews escaping from persecution, shifted to Bruges and Paris, and later to Antwerp. They marketed their diamonds to European jewellers, who began to set diamonds in jewels and royal regalia during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.The diamonds came from Indian mines as well. Among the merchants who sailed east seeking to profit from the sale of diamonds and spices was the great Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama. He was one of the first to sail via the Cape of Good Hope, hoping to avoid the Arab pirates who roved the Arabian Sea. He landed near Goa and this port became the Portuguese trading center in India, and a flourishing trade in diamonds developed from Goa to Lisbon and then on to Antwerp.The discovery of diamonds in Brazil caused the collapse of the diamond market in 1725 although it was initially advertised that these diamonds came from India. India and Brazil were the main sources of diamonds up until 1851. Fifteen years later, a child of an African farmer picked up a white pebble that turned out to be a 21-carat diamond. This was followed soon afterwards by the discovery of another stone of 83-carats. These finds triggered a major diamond rush in South Africa and Rhodesia that later expanded in to mining for gold and coper. Deep volcanic pipes that were apparently an inexhaustible source of diamonds were then located, mined and factories started production.