Vietnam 's garment exports fetched over 8.95 billion USD in the firsteight months of this year, rising by 29.2 percent over the same periodlast year, according to the Vietnam Textile and Garment Association(Vitas).
Vitas attributed the good performance to the abundance of contracts won by local producers.
With current export growth, the garment and textile sector will likelyexceed this year's export turnover target of 13 billion USD, reaching13.5 billion USD instead, Vitas said.
The past few yearshave witnessed a shift in garment orders from China to othercountries, a tendency that went up sharply since the beginning of thisyear with Vietnam receiving the highest number of garment orders inthe world, said the HCM City Textile, Embroidery and KnittingAssociation chairman Pham Xuan Hong.
Nha Be Garment Corpgeneral director Pham Phu Cuong said that his company had managed togenerate 50 million USD from exports in the first eight months of thisyear, in part attributable to increasing efforts in fulfilling FOB (Freeon Board) orders from foreign clients, bringing in 30 million USD inexport turnover.
Dong Nai Garment Corp (Donagamex)announced that it had received export orders at prices that had risen by15-20 per cent compared to 2010, enabling an export target of 45million USD for this year (an 18 percent surge).
Whileincreasing orders offered local garment enterprises a chance to increaseproduction capacities, in order to fulfil these orders, it was vitalthat firms keep their workforces stable, especially in terms of skilledlabour, experts said.
Labour quality remained a leading concern, agreed Donagamex General Director Bui The Kich.
Donagamex, currently employing 3,000 workers, has struggled to manageits workforce in order to effectively increase productivity alongsiderising production costs.
A well-managed labour force could help reduce pressure brought on by increasing costs, Kich confirmed.
Dong Binh JSC said that it still lacked 100 employees for its garment plant in northern Bac Ninh province.
Along with difficulties caused by the global economic downturn, poorpurchasing power as well as increasing electricity, coal and petroleumcosts, labour shortages have caused difficulties for garmententerprises, said the company's general director Tran Van Khang. /.
Vitas attributed the good performance to the abundance of contracts won by local producers.
With current export growth, the garment and textile sector will likelyexceed this year's export turnover target of 13 billion USD, reaching13.5 billion USD instead, Vitas said.
The past few yearshave witnessed a shift in garment orders from China to othercountries, a tendency that went up sharply since the beginning of thisyear with Vietnam receiving the highest number of garment orders inthe world, said the HCM City Textile, Embroidery and KnittingAssociation chairman Pham Xuan Hong.
Nha Be Garment Corpgeneral director Pham Phu Cuong said that his company had managed togenerate 50 million USD from exports in the first eight months of thisyear, in part attributable to increasing efforts in fulfilling FOB (Freeon Board) orders from foreign clients, bringing in 30 million USD inexport turnover.
Dong Nai Garment Corp (Donagamex)announced that it had received export orders at prices that had risen by15-20 per cent compared to 2010, enabling an export target of 45million USD for this year (an 18 percent surge).
Whileincreasing orders offered local garment enterprises a chance to increaseproduction capacities, in order to fulfil these orders, it was vitalthat firms keep their workforces stable, especially in terms of skilledlabour, experts said.
Labour quality remained a leading concern, agreed Donagamex General Director Bui The Kich.
Donagamex, currently employing 3,000 workers, has struggled to manageits workforce in order to effectively increase productivity alongsiderising production costs.
A well-managed labour force could help reduce pressure brought on by increasing costs, Kich confirmed.
Dong Binh JSC said that it still lacked 100 employees for its garment plant in northern Bac Ninh province.
Along with difficulties caused by the global economic downturn, poorpurchasing power as well as increasing electricity, coal and petroleumcosts, labour shortages have caused difficulties for garmententerprises, said the company's general director Tran Van Khang. /.
