The Vietnam Fashion Fair themed "Textile material – Green Environment" opened on the weekend in HCM City.

The fair organised by the Vietnam Association of Textile, Leather and Footwear and the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) brought together 150 famous domestic textile and garment enterprises such as Viet Tien, Nha Be, Viet Thang, Phong Phu and Hanoi Textile. The exhibitors displayed textile materials, clothes, footwear and bags at some 350 kiosks.

There are seminars on topics such as 2011 fashion trends, building fashion brands, developing distribution systems in Vietnam and growing cotton./.