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

EU ups textile quotas

Vietnam has secured a higher quota limit on clothing products and textiles exported to the European market after successful negotiations with representatives from the European Union.

Caught out: locals to face the music for trade fraud

Vietnam is likely to face censure for trade fraud by a number of garment and textile exporters in meetings with a US delegation this month.A recent US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) report found some textile and apparel products that entered the US from Vietnam in 2002 and 2003 were not Vietnamese in origin, but were shipped through Vietnam after being produced elsewhere.

Nam Dinh tailor-made for South Korean clothing giant

A new apparel, textile and footwear production complex has proved a breakthrough for the one-time textile metropolis of Nam Dinh.

Quota shortage threatens to unravel US textile deals

A SHORTAGE of allocated quotas may prevent garment and textile exporters from making big deals with US partners and reaching their maximum production capacity.

Local textile sector stitched up by US quota changes

More than 100 textile and garment companies in Dong Nai industrial parks have announced serious difficulties due to US quota shortages.Up to 60 per cent of workers in many companies have been laid off, while others work only when needed, according to the southern province’s Import-Export Management Department under the Ministry of Trade