Manufacturing
Garments and textiles
How does yuan price reduction affect garment, footwear industries?
The sudden depreciation of Chinese yuan against the US dollar brings more difficulties to Vietnam’s yarn industry, according to Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS).Vietnam imports cotton from the US to make yarn products for export to China. If the yuan continues to fall, Vietnam’s yarn ...
Big C pledges to resolve buying issue
Big C Vietnam has suspended local purchase of garments but insists it is only a temporary measure and will not pull out of the local apparel business. At the meeting with suppliers on Wednesday, the company pledged to co-ordinate to come up with a solution within ...
Baseline study focuses on corporate responsibility for human rights
The Vietnamese branch of the German non-profit foundation Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) has collaborated with the Centre for Development and Integration (CDI) to launch the baseline study on “UNGP Implementation in the Garment, Footwear, and Electronics Supply in Vietnam” in Ho Chi Minh City on May 28.Sean ...
'Harsh' tactics used to keep wages low for Vietnamese garment workers
European and U.S. fashion brands sourcing from Vietnam must stop their “harsh” tactics that push down workers’ wages and trap millions in poverty, labor rights campaigners said on Thursday.Earlier this year, charity Oxfam criticized Australian fashion firms for using a “system of entrenched exploitation” that ...
Vietnamese garments to benefit from CPTPP if meeting origin rules
Considered as one of the greatest beneficiaries when the CPTPP comes into effect, Vietnam’s garment sector will be able to take advantage of tax preferences if it meets the trade pact’s rules of origin.According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, when the CPTPP comes ...
VITAS works with WWF to green Vietnam’s apparel sector
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) launched a project on October 26 to green Vietnam’s textile-apparel sector through improving water management and energy sustainability.Keep reading ...
Hang Tran
Textile industry in the throes of change brought by automation
Some 300-400 engineers are needed every year by the yarn, fabric and dyeing sectors while universities supply only around 30, experts said.[]In Việt Nam 86 per cent of garment and footwear workers are expected to be affected by the labour-replacement process.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
4.0 industrial revolution requires productivity increase in Vietnam's apparel sector
The 4.0 industrial revolution has created new opportunities for Vietnam’s apparel sector, but this also requires local companies to be updated with and have access to modern technologies to improve the labor productivity. Keep reading ...
Duc Duy
