S. Korea firm plans big investment in quake-hit Haiti

The Seoul-based clothing manufacturer said it would invest in the North Industrial Park, a major textile-producing complex to be built near the north coast.
garment exports a right fit

Garment exports a right fit

Vietnam’s garment and textile industry aims to raise its export turnover by 17-18 per cent this year.
textile and garment sector confident in export figures

Textile and garment sector confident in export figures

Favourable export contracts are to allow the textile and garment sector to reap $12.5 billion of export value in 2011, jumping 15-17 per cent against last year.
tet bonus proposed for textile and garment workers

Tet bonus proposed for textile and garment workers

Many textile and garment companies have declared traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) bonus plans for their workers.
fdi rushes into vietnams textile and garment sector

FDI rushes into Vietnam’s textile and garment sector

Foreign capital inflows are forecast to flood into Vietnam’s textile and garment industry.
garment footwear firms to receive honours

Garment, footwear firms to receive honours

Eighty-four outstanding enterprises in the textile and garment, and leather and footwear sectors received awards in Hanoi today at a ceremony to be attended by Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong.
giant textile plant in the pipleline

Giant textile plant in the pipleline

Four leading Japanese firms are seeking to build the largest vertical integrated textile and garment manufacturing project in Vietnam.
central region advised to tap eu market

Central region advised to tap EU market

THUA THIEN-HUE - The European market offers great potential for exports from the central provinces, especially in key industries like textiles, garments and seafood, experts said at a seminar last Friday.
garment exhibition a good fit

Garment exhibition a good fit

The 10th Vietnam International Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition will offer great business opportunities for domestic and foreign enterprises.
garment exports on target

Garment exports on target

HA NOI - The textile and garment industry will meet its annual export target of US$10.5 billion by November, said vice chairman and general secretary of the Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas) Le Van Dao.
garment makers get stitched up

Garment makers get stitched up

Local garment and textile firms are fearful of not fulfiling their overseas shipment deals in the last months of 2010 due to shortages of power and labour.
us buyers poised for massive buy up of local textiles

US buyers poised for massive buy-up of local textiles

US importers and retailers are set to buy a record $4.25 billion in Vietnamese apparel and textiles this year, a year-on-year increase of 40 per cent.

Exporters get hot under the collar

Local lawyers are saying a Bush administration deal with two US state Republicans to apply monitoring measures against Vietnam’s garment and textile exporters - part of the process of accelerating the granting of Permanent Normal Trade Relations - is contrary to equal treatment rules among WTO member countries.
historic deal sees textile sector eyeing eu market

Historic deal sees textile sector eyeing EU market

Vietnam’s textile and garment trade with the European Union is tipped to jump next year following last week’s landmark deal to axe export quotas.
local clothing exporters hit by us fraud claim

Local clothing exporters hit by US fraud claim

This year’s $1.8 billion garment and textile quota for the US market has been cut by $80 million after US customs said several Vietnamese exporters had lied about where their products were made. Last week’s decision by the Bush administration was prompted by a report from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency which found several exporters had forged customs documents, particularly certificates of origin