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1902-3 Hanoi
| Name: | Exposition de Hanoi |
| Dates: | 16 Nov 1902 – 15 Feb 1903 |
| Days: | c90 days |
| Venue: | Adjacent to the Hanoi Rail Station – 16.6 ha (41 acres) |
| Theme: | To promote the products, agriculture and industries of France’s far-east colonies |
| Exhibitors: | 4,000 exhibitors |
| Awards: | No data |
| Visitors: | No data |
| Legacy: | Costs were 5-7m FFr |
Vietnam was then part of French Indo-China.
A specially built Palais des Beaux-Arts was influenced by the 1900 Paris exposition. It was designed by Roger Marx and featured artwroks from 2000 French artists. It was retained while all other buildings were demolished.
There were three sectors – fine arts and sciences, natural resources and machinery, some 4,000 exhibitors participated. Foreign exhibitors were from China, Formosa, Japan. Korea, Malaya, Philippines and Siam, plus the French colonies in Africa.
Attractions included indigineous peoples’ parades, a Philippines village, cabarets, theatrical performances.
There is no firm data on attendance number, though many comments suggested it was disappointing.
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