
“GREENING” TEXTILE AND GARMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
To maintain the impressive export performance, textile and garment producers are actively and flexibly transforming into greener models to meet increasingly stringent requirements of import partners and sharpen their competitive edge.

APPAREL INDUSTRY SEES STABLE GROWTH AMID PANDEMIC
Despite the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Việt Nam’s textile and garment industry has seen stable growth, recording an export turnover of US$8.84 billion in the first quarter of 2022 with an increase of 22.5 per cent against the same period last year.

TEXTILE AND GARMENT GROUP TOLD TO DEVELOP VIETNAMESE FASHION BRAND
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ told the Việt Nam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) to build a Vietnamese fashion brand, focusing on the domestic market of nearly 100 million people and at the same time pay attention to export markets.

VIETNAM ACCOUNTS FOR 10 PER CENT OF GLOBAL FOOTWEAR EXPORTS
For the first time, Vietnam's share of world footwear exports has surpassed 10 per cent with 1.23 billion pairs of shoes exported in 2020, according to data by World Footwear Yearbook 2021.

FOOTWEAR GIANTS A STEP AHEAD IN PRODUCTION RESTART
Around 200 Nike subcontractors in Vietnam have finally resumed production after the Delta variant caused temporary factory closures this summer. The sportswear giant intends to ramp up its production even further in Vietnam, according to chief sustainability officer Noel Kinder.

ENTERPRISES STRIVE TO MAINTAIN GARMENT AND TEXTILE EXPORT GROWTH MOMENTUM
Since the beginning of the fourth outbreak of COVID-19, many garment and textile enterprises have faced difficulties, even the risk of bankruptcy, due to the temporary suspension of production to ensure pandemic prevention and control.

VIETNAM BECOMES WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST GARMENT EXPORTER
Vietnam overtook Bangladesh as the world’s second largest exporter of ready-made garments (RMG), with a turnover of 29.8 billion USD, according to the World Trade Organisation.

TEXTILE AND APPAREL SECTOR YEARNING FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO CURTAIL COVID-19 IMPACTS
Textile and apparel businesses in South Vietnam are facing critical levels of disruption due to severe social distancing measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and are requesting urgent support from the government and other industries to reboot operations.