Photo: VNA After four years of implementation of the Buy Vietnamese Goods campaign, garment and textile enterprises have achieved many positive results. Vietnam’s garment and textile brands have been enhanced and gained consumers' trust, bringing a new face to the market and increasing revenues for enterprises, said Vietnam Economic News on May 22. To achieve remarkable results, domestic enterprises have continuously invested in production and focused on renewing designs, developing brand

The exports of apparel and accessories from Philippines grew by 3.96 percent to US$ 433.527 million in the first three months of 2014, compared to exports of $417.008 million made during the corresponding period of last year, data from the National Statistics Office, under the Philippine Statistics Authority, showed. In the month of March 2014, articles of apparel and clothing accessories earned $165.91 million in export receipts for the Philippines, growing at 5.6 percent year-on-year. Durin

There are bright prospects for the development of protective clothing industry in China, according to experts. The current domestic and international situation is forcing the development of traditional textile industries, which in turn, is resulting in the rapid development of industrial textiles in China. In short, the ongoing structural adjustment in the Chinese textile industry is playing a catalyst role in the development of technical textiles in China, say experts. The growth of indus

The exports of textiles from Switzerland recorded marginal growth for the first time after three consecutive years of decline, the Switzerland Textile Federation said at its Annual Media Conference last week. Media persons were told that the performance of the Swiss textile and clothing industry was stable in the last fiscal year, despite a difficult environment. Although there was a small growth in textile exports, the total value of textile and garment exports during the year decreased s

The cotton plantation in most of the cotton yielding areas in Lahore is likely to be impacted by low temperature in February and March and subsequent poor rainfall. This has sparked fear of lesser production among the cotton stakeholders. The member of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA), Ehasnul Haq, has said that the change in climate has wrecked havoc on the cotton production in key cotton growing districts including Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan, Vehari, Pakpattan, Khane

A fire broke out at a textile mill in FB Industrial Area police precincts on Wednesday and caused a loss of millions of rupees. According to the Central Fire Station, the fire broke out at around 12:30pm at the Afroze Textile Mill situated on Rashid Minhas Road. Within minutes the fire spread to other parts of the mill and reduced goods worth millions of rupees to ashes. The mill was open since the fire had erupted in the afternoon. Up to 10 fire engines of the Karachi Metropolitan Corpo

The small-scale dyeing units in Komarapalayam started an indefinite strike, on Wednesday, condemning Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s (TNPCB) warning and drive against their units. G.K. Prabakaran, president, Komarapalayam Small Dyeing Units Welfare Association said that all the units will not function until the State and Union Governments worked out a permanent solution for the long pending issue of textile dyeing and pollution. As many as 137 unauthorised dyeing units in this localit

Fatal riots in Vietnam have eroded the interest of some Chinese companies in investing in the country, according to a garment industry official. Some textile companies in Foshan of South China's Guangdong province suspended trips to Vietnam that had been planned to assess the investment environment, said Wu Haoliang, secretary-general of Foshan Textile and Garment Industry Association on Tuesday. A Foshan-invested textile plant in Ho Chi Minh City was slightly dam

The South American country of Brazil would be stocking 512,800 tons of cotton during the 2014 year, which would suffice to supply the domestic industry as well as securing exports for a period of approximately 4 months, states the National Supply Company of Brazil (CONAB). According to the 8th field survey on crops for the 2013/14 harvest season conducted by CONAB, the volume of production of cotton in the country is expected to surge by 26 percent, indicating that Brazil’s cotton production w

Jeans need not be washed, the chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co Chip Bergh has claimed. Speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Green conference on Tuesday, the Levi's CEO said the pair he was wearing was not “washed in the past year.” He was speaking on the 141st anniversary of Levi's 501 jeans. “We are the ultimate sustainable apparel,” Bergh said. “If you buy (our jeans) they will last a lot longer than most people's waistlines will.” Levi's is said to be producing a line