Despite a continued decrease in export turnover in the first eight months compared to the same period last year, the textile and garment industry has shown numerous signs of recovery and opportunities for stronger growth in the remaining months of 2023.

Although Vietnam is a top garment and textile exporter in the world, challenges loom large when it comes to shipment abroad of fabric and costumes that bear Vietnamese cultural identities.

VOV.VN - Although textile and garment export turnover in August continued to endure a fall compared to the same period last year, the apparel export market is in the process of showing gradual recovery while workers’ jobs are still being guaranteed.

Vietnam Texfuture 2023 Fall Winter, an international innovative fabric exhibition, opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20.

The development strategy of the textile and garment industry until 2030 with a vision to 2035 has clearly identified that exports will continue to be a major and crucial driving force for the sector's growth.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese exports in August enjoyed growth of 7.7% compared to the previous month, indicating that solutions to trade promotion and market search of local enterprises has produced positive results whilst there remains opportunities and potential markets for Vietnamese exports ahead in the rest of the year.

The Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies (VIATT) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from February 28 to March 1, 2024, co-organisers announced on August 29 at a press conference.

Two Vietnamese companies joined more than 200 other exhibitors at a fair called Apparel Textile Sourcing Canada 2023 held in Toronto from August 21-23.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) and the Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost bilateral cooperation, KOFOTI said on August 24.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese garment and textile exports dropped by 15.9% to US$22.5 billion in the opening seven months of the year, the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) reported in its latest report.