President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – President NguyenXuan Phuc has commended the textile and garment sector for achieving growth and caring for its workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
During a meeting with outstanding representatives of thesector in Hanoi on August 3, President Phuc asked the sector and the Vietnam NationalTextile and Garment Group (Vinatex) to fulfill the dual goal of fighting thepandemic and ensuring production growth, as well as flexibly choose prioritygoals for each period.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents gifts to outstanding representatives of the sector (Photo: VNA) He suggested the sector step up digital transformation andbusiness, resupply products to reap better production and business results.
Leaders of the industry proposed accelerating vaccinations toprevent production chain disruption, ensure enough workforce and conditions toprocess large-scale orders later this year.
Vinatex reported that the world's garment market only expandedby about 2.3 percent in the first half of this year. In the first seven months of 2021, thegroup earned 23 billion USD from exports, up 21 percent year on year and 10 percentfrom 2019. Its profit also doubled from the same period last year.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and delegates to the event (Photo: VNA) All of its affiliate units still have enough orders for the thirdand fourth quarters to ensure profit. The sector is striving to post 18 percentgrowth this year.
Nearly 3 million workers are working for 13,000 garment and textile enterprises across the country./.
