Lefaso rejects rumours on Nike’s moving production out of Vietnam

Recent rumours spreading on social media on Nike’s moving production out of Vietnam to China and Indonesia are incorrect, stated Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, Vice Chairwoman and General Secretary of the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso).
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Hanoi (VNA) – Recent rumours spreading on social media on Nike’s movingproduction out of Vietnam to China and Indonesia are incorrect, stated Phan ThiThanh Xuan, Vice Chairwoman and General Secretary of the Vietnam Leather andFootwear Association (Lefaso).

Xuan informed that 88 out of Nike's 112 factories in Vietnamare located in the Southeast region, which produce many best-selling Nike-brandedsneaker products.

She said complicated developments of COVID-19 in Vietnam haveaffected the production activities of enterprises in the garment-textile andfootwear industries, and Nike has moved  a number of orders to other countries. However, there is no such thing like Nike is moving production out of Vietnam, she affirmed.

Pham Tuan Anh, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Industryand Trade (MoIT)’s Industry Agency, echoed Xuan’s rejection.

According to him, in the past period, some orders of the company were due, so in order to deliver the goods on time, Nike has moved these ordersto their factories in some other countries. Anh noted that in a recent meeting with the VietnamesePrime Minister and ministries, the CEO of Nike affirmed that Nike will not leaveVietnam.

According to the MoIT, in the first ninemonths of 2021, the footwear industry's exports of all kinds were estimated toreel in 13.33 billion USD, up 9.8 percent over the same period last year./.
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