domestic garment and textile firms get into gear

Domestic garment and textile firms get into gear

Vietnam’s garment and textile sector has seen positive signs with many big names having acquired sufficient orders for 2013.
vietnam set to earn 19 billion from exports

Vietnam set to earn $19 billion from exports

The garment and textile sector has set a target of earning 18.5 – $19 billion from exports in 2013, said Deputy General Director of Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) Le Tien Truong at a press briefing on Jan. 8.
textile firms sew up growth targets

Textile firms sew up growth targets

Two prominent firms in Vietnam’s textile and garment industry are expecting continued growth in 2013 while also anticipating some economic difficulties.
fies lead on export growth

FIEs lead on export growth

After riding out the economic storm to brighten Vietnam’s export performance in 2012, foreign invested enterprises are expecting more export jackpots for the new year.
lacoste considering vietnam investment

Lacoste considering Vietnam investment

Lacoste’s familiar Alligator  logo may join Nike’s Swoosh as a player in Vietnam’s bustling textile and garment industry.
vinatex unravels its business positions

Vinatex unravels its business positions

Leading textile and garment group Vinatex is ramping up efforts to divest from non-core businesses.
garment textiles still a hot sector

Garment, textiles still a hot sector

A series of recent new foreign investments show that Vietnam’s garment and textile industry remains one of the nation’s hot business sectors thanks to an abundant labour force and anticipated trade agreements.
24 ml to be invested in weaving knitting plant

$24 ml to be invested in weaving, knitting plant

with exports to eu falling textile makers are hurting

With exports to EU falling, textile makers are hurting

Export orders from European Union (EU) countries are on a downward trend that worried many local garment makers.
garment sector strives for 17 billion in export

Garment sector strives for $17 billion in export

Vietnam’s garment and textiles sector has seen positive signs for the fourth quarter of this year with many big names having acquired sufficient orders for the period and even for the first quarter of 2013.
japanese firms offer shelter from the storm

Japanese firms offer shelter from the storm

Vietnamese textile-garment and footwear export firms have scaled up cooperation with Japanese partners to withstand the current economic storm.
projects bad fashion statement

Project’s bad fashion statement

The runaway foreign investors of Lifepro Vietnam’s Luxfashion textile and garment complex, leaving $150 million in debts behind, have underscored the ugly side of foreign-invested projects that go wrong.
vinatex stitches up shake up plan

Vinatex stitches up shake-up plan

Leading garment maker Vinatex is mulling a comprehensive shake-up plan to bolster efficiency.
garment sector starts to unravel

Garment sector starts to unravel

The local textile and garment sector is feeling the heat of the uncertain economy.
textile factories miss the right fit

Textile factories miss the right fit

Two big foreign textile and garment projects in northern Hai Duong province are bogged down, two years after being licenced.