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Many textile and garment businesses are researching, developing and using eco-friendly materials, responding to a global trend. File photo from baotintuc.vn HCM CITY — Vietnamese textile and garment businesses are making a green push with research and development of eco-friendly materials and technologies to adapt to global sustainable fashion trends. The HCM City-based Thành Công Textile Garment-Investment-Trading Joint Stock Company (TCM) now uses recycled polyester, vicose annd recycled cotton that are made from recycled bottles, maize, sugarcane and old clothes. Trần Như Tùng, chairman of the Board of Directors of TCM, told Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper that many fashion brands in the world who were major partners and customers of Việt Nam’s textile and garment industry, had shifted to seeking “green businesses” as partners. He said TCM soon recognised the trend of sustainable fashion, so it decided in 2015 to build a research and business development … [Read more...] about VN textile and garment sector makes eco-friendly moves

Lê Thị Quỳnh Trang (centre), president of the Việt Nam International Fashion Week and Council of ASEAN Fashion Designers, and designers featured at the AVIFW 2022. Photo courtesy of the organiser HCM CITY –  The Aquafina Việt Nam International Fashion Week (AVIFW) Spring-Summer 2022 held in HCM City on May 25-29 will celebrate and promote sustainable fashion in the country, organisers say. Addressing a press meet on the event on Monday, Lê Thị Quỳnh Trang, president of the Việt Nam International Fashion Week (VIFW) and the Council of ASEAN Fashion Designers (CAFD), said that it is themed on “ReFashion", aiming at sustainability for Việt Nam’s fashion industry. “Since the COVID-19 pandemic has been well controlled, it’s time for us to rethink and regenerate to create a revolution towards sustainable development in fashion.” The AVIFW 2022 will collaborate with Faslink, one of Việt Nam’s leading companies focusing on sustainable fashion, and Vietnamese designers to introduce … [Read more...] about VN Int’l Fashion Week celebrates sustainable fashion