Textiles

Textile industry hopes to sew up further Taiwan investors (Việt Nam News)

12 May 2008

HA NOI — Though Taiwan is already the largest foreign direct investment contributor to Vietnamese textiles, Viet Nam ’s textile industry is attempting to lure still more investors.

COLOMBIA: Textile industry hurt by strong peso, Asian imports (just-style)

12 May 2008

This article is locked. You need to be a Full Member of just-style to view this article. Existing users, please login at the top of the page. Summary: Colombia's textiles and apparel industry has lost COP1bn (US$0.56m) since 2004-2008, hurt by a soaring peso, growing contraband rates and tougher Asian competition, industry sources confirmed to just-style.

Exports to US: good but not great (Vietnam Net)

12 May 2008

VietNamNet Bridge - In the first quarter of this year, trade between the US and Vietnam reached almost 2.9 billion USD, but is still not rising as fast as it could, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.