Vietnamese manufactures are calling for improving domestic materialsupplies in an effort to reduce reliance on imports, especially fromChina, said the Saigon Times Daily.
Speaking at the seminar heldby the 2030 Businessmen Club under the Saigon Times Club on June 30,participants agreed that bolstering cooperation for sustainabledevelopment was not a new story. They also noted that it was time fordomestic material producers to boost their production activities.
DoLong, Chairman and General Director of Binh Tan Consumer GoodsManufacturing Company (Bita’s), said the company needs up to 360 typesof material to produce a pair of shoes and thus it keeps findingdomestic suppliers.
Long said his company has found around 80 material suppliers.
LeQuoc An, former Chairman of the Vietnam Textile and ApparelAssociation, said that Southeast Asian countries have set up the ASEANFederation of Textile Industries (AFTEX), whose goal is to make use ofstrengths of each country and assisting each other.
The operatingmodel of AFTEX is quite effective. Therefore, local enterprises need tobe aware of their strengths in forging links with each other, accordingto An.
Meanwhile, according to Nguyen Thanh Nhan, DeputyDirector of Saigon Co.op, small and medium producers fail to wincustomers' trust as their product quality is sometimes not as high asclaimed. Besides, they are reluctant in cooperating with one another, hesaid.
“Many producers have refused to join us in making productsbearing the brand of Saigon Co.op as they want to open their owndistribution channels and build their own brands, which is a greatchallenge due to their limited capacities,” Nhan said at the seminar.
Enterprisesthat are members of the 2030 Businessmen Club and speakers agreed ondeveloping their own material sources, but this needs careful andstrategic considerations.
“I expect that cooperationopportunities will open up after this seminar, with cooperation deals tobe inked in the coming time, to prove that this is not a talk shop,”said Do Long of Bita’s.-VNA
Speaking at the seminar heldby the 2030 Businessmen Club under the Saigon Times Club on June 30,participants agreed that bolstering cooperation for sustainabledevelopment was not a new story. They also noted that it was time fordomestic material producers to boost their production activities.
DoLong, Chairman and General Director of Binh Tan Consumer GoodsManufacturing Company (Bita’s), said the company needs up to 360 typesof material to produce a pair of shoes and thus it keeps findingdomestic suppliers.
Long said his company has found around 80 material suppliers.
LeQuoc An, former Chairman of the Vietnam Textile and ApparelAssociation, said that Southeast Asian countries have set up the ASEANFederation of Textile Industries (AFTEX), whose goal is to make use ofstrengths of each country and assisting each other.
The operatingmodel of AFTEX is quite effective. Therefore, local enterprises need tobe aware of their strengths in forging links with each other, accordingto An.
Meanwhile, according to Nguyen Thanh Nhan, DeputyDirector of Saigon Co.op, small and medium producers fail to wincustomers' trust as their product quality is sometimes not as high asclaimed. Besides, they are reluctant in cooperating with one another, hesaid.
“Many producers have refused to join us in making productsbearing the brand of Saigon Co.op as they want to open their owndistribution channels and build their own brands, which is a greatchallenge due to their limited capacities,” Nhan said at the seminar.
Enterprisesthat are members of the 2030 Businessmen Club and speakers agreed ondeveloping their own material sources, but this needs careful andstrategic considerations.
“I expect that cooperationopportunities will open up after this seminar, with cooperation deals tobe inked in the coming time, to prove that this is not a talk shop,”said Do Long of Bita’s.-VNA
