Industry

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Hanoi Textile & Garment Industry Expo (HanoiTex) 2018 opened in the capital city on September 19, attracting nearly 120 exhibitors from 12 countries and territories. Co-hosted by the Hong Kong’s CP Exhibition Company and the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group, the event lured firms from China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Pakistan, China (Taiwan), Thailand and Vietnam on a site of over 6,000 sq.m. On display are patterned, dyed, high-tech and micro-fibre fabrics, anti-dry weaving materials, and machinery used in sewing, weaving, embroidery, dyeing chemicals and many other materials. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung said this year, the Vietnamese textile and garment sector shifts production from cut-make-trim (CMT) to free on board (FOB), original design manufacture (ODM) and original brand manufacture (OBM) with the aim of bringing higher added value to supply chain. … [Read more...] about Hanoi Textile & Garment Industry Expo 2018 opens

Da Nang (VNS/VNA) - The ASEAN Car Business Career Company of Japan plans to recruit more than 220 automobile engineering students from Da Nang-based Dong A College to work in the Japanese car industry later this year. The company made the announcement after signing an agreement on human resource training and recruitment last week, saying that it would offer six-month internships for 500 final-year students at automobile manufacturing companies in Japan. Earlier, three Japanese companies including the Japan Material Engineering Services Company, Auto Avenue and Sakura service company also agreed to bring 200 students from the college to work in electronics, engineering, controls and automation for the Japanese labour market. Employment service companies from Germany, Japan and Singapore have agreed to employ 3,000 graduates from the college to work in hospitality, nursing, and construction industries. More than 100 graduates from the college have been working in nursing centres … [Read more...] about Japan to recruit students in central Vietnam

ITL will play a central in this area by leading the development of this new offering for Vietnam, together with the industry leaders, customers, partners, local agencies and our own asset development. We will focus on this development not only in the air, but also in sea transport as well. This has a significant opportunity for the domestic and regional market by not only creating new revenue for Vietnam but equally allowing this volume to move closer to such an important centre of gravity as an exporting and even importing market. … [Read more...] about ITL Corporation: being the national champion in logistics

According to the World Bank’s Doing Business, Vietnam was ranked 70th among the 190 surveyed economies in 2019. The country came fifth in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), after Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Brunei.Reforms tend to be sluggishAccording to Nguyen Minh Thao, head of the CIEM’s Business Environment and Competitiveness Committee, Vietnam’s business environment scores have been continuously improved but started to slow down in the past two years. Vietnam’s ranking recorded a positive improvement to 68th in 2017 from 82th in 2016, then moved back to the 69th in 2018 and stopped at 70th in 2019. … [Read more...] about Workshop seeks to improve Vietnam’s business environment

Phan Thi Thanh Xuan: Vietnam’s leather and footwear sector has faced difficulties in design and market access. Meanwhile, Italy has strength in this sphere. The Italian side visited Vietnam and launched a cooperation project with Lefaso, aiming to develop the workforce for the industry. … [Read more...] about Domestic firms advised to observe export regulations