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Insight12 Jun 2017Amidst growing interest in Vietnam from international textile, garment and electronics companies, the country’s logistics infrastructure has been undergoing a much-needed upgrade.
Insight28 Apr 2017Wool textile manufacturers in several key production hubs around the world have told WTiN of their concerns about the impact of the recent increases in prices of Australian wool.
Insight31 Mar 2017Vietnam has an amendment to its criminal code under way that would make the crime of illegal dismissal of employees punishable with a jail term of up to one year.
One month after Donald Trump became US president, there are policy decisions still to be confirmed and clarified to get an idea of the impact his presidency will have on trade in technical textiles.
Insight23 Jan 2017As the Vietnamese textile sector gets closer to a potential export boom triggered by the near-certain ratification of the EU-Vietnam free-trade agreement in 2018, business advocates in Hanoi have called for a loosening of machinery import restrictions.
Insight27 Jun 2016Japanese engagement in Vietnam’s textile and garment sectors continues to strengthen, as the south-east Asian manufacturing centre is set to become a global clothing exporting powerhouse under the newly concluded free-trade agreements.
Insight19 Apr 2016The Vietnamese textile industry and government is planning to overcome poor productivity and a serious shortage of textile and dyeing materials to better leverage Vietnam’s inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.
Insight21 Mar 2016Hanoi-based lawyers, serving foreign white-collar expatriates employed in the Vietnamese textile and garment sectors, have welcomed the country’s latest easing of work-permit regulations, but are somewhat divided on its significance.
The conclusion of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal on October 4 has prompted fears among some Asian countries outside the 12-country bloc about a resulting reduction in export orders for textiles and garments
Insight12 Oct 2015Vietnam’s growing textile sector has been given a new opening by the striking on October 5 of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, but concerns persist that significant investments are needed for the sector to capitalise on its market-access benefits.
Insight4 Sept 2015A Chinese textile-industry leader has predicted that international buyers will use the recent devaluation of the yuan renminbi to demand reductions in prices for textile and clothing products sourced in China.
Insight3 Sept 2015Vietnam’s fledgling silk sector is aiming for sustainable growth, competing with China’s dominant silk producers by stressing the quality of their production and securing technology transfers from abroad. Japanese companies have been helping install new production systems and an American GM silk specialist is negotiating a partnership deal.
Insight12 Aug 2015The Vietnamese textile sector is waiting for further details on a free-trade deal announced on August 4 between EU trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Vietnam’s minister of industry and trade, Vu Huy Hoang. They agreed in principle a comprehensive and ambitious trade and investment agreement that will eliminate EU import tariffs for most Vietnamese textile garment products, from the current rates of between 9% and 12%.
Insight6 Jul 2015Vietnam’s textile industry now anticipates that an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal will be struck this year, after US President Barack Obama, on June 29, finally signed a bill giving him fast-track powers to conduct and conclude trade legislation.
Insight12 Jun 2015A free-trade agreement signed on May 30 between Vietnam and the newly-minted Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), comprising Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, has been greeted with optimism by Vietnam’s garment and textile exporters, albeit with caution.
Insight19 May 2015The Chinese knitting sector is facing transformation, being challenged by lacklustre economic performance in its key export markets, fast-rising domestic labour costs, as well as a determined government crusade for energy savings and emission reduction.
