Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s footwear sector is now beginning to see positive signs after export revenue for footwear and handbags fell 11 percent year-on-year to 19.5 billion USD in 2020, making it one of the sectors hardest hit by COVID-19. Vietnamese companies have proved their capacity in research and development (R&D) and design, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO) Nguyen Duc Thuan. Signs show that Vietnam is further penetrating into the leather-footwear supply chain, he said, as the design and R&D processes rake in high added value for products. The domestic supply of materials for the sector now represents 60 percent. Local businesses can take the initiative in producing soles and moulds, as well as packaging and labelling. This is attributable to their activeness in manufacturing materials locally, Thuan added. In particular, the Gia Dinh Footwear JSC has set up industrial clusters to attract investment in … [Read more...] about Footwear sector further penetrates global supply chain
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Vietnamese woman breathes life into inanimate shells
This image shows a customer with a shell product in her hand in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Hoang An / Tuoi Tre “Shells are normally considered scrap, but they have become more valuable items in my hands and that brings utter joy to me," Hieu said. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese woman breathes life into inanimate shells
Breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy improves patients’ quality of life
Risk groups include women whose relatives have had breast or ovarian cancers, or those with a mother, sister or daughter with the BRCA1/2 gene mutation, and others with atypical hyperplasia, local lobular carcinoma, or chest wall radiation cancer treatment before age 30. … [Read more...] about Breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy improves patients’ quality of life
Vietnamese researchers in the US invent COVID-19 vaccine patches and reusable face masks
Thành has received a number of prestigious awards, including the National Institutes of Health’s Trailblazer Award for Young and Early Investigator in 2017, 2018 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, top 10 inventors under 35 years old in the Asia-Pacific region voted by MIT, top 10 exemplary young Vietnamese faces in 2019. — VNS … [Read more...] about Vietnamese researchers in the US invent COVID-19 vaccine patches and reusable face masks
The “next normal” in business is sustainability
In your opinion, what will be the key trends for investment in the renewable energy market in Vietnam? I think the mix of energy will continue to be more balanced than today, the traditional centralisation of the energy generation, transmission distribution will get decentralised with a lot of new producers, including some rooftop solar technology. But fundamentally, the market continues to have two main points to focus: the first one is continuing to digitise the existing installation base on one hand, and on the other hand, to electrify a lot of the country, which has still very little access to the electric infrastructure away from the main city, but to continue to develop access to energy. … [Read more...] about The “next normal” in business is sustainability
