Agency in Hanoi (KOTRA Hanoi) will arrange for a delegation of
Vietnamese businesspeople to attend an international textile-garment
exhibition and fashion festival to be held in Busan city, RoK, in
mid-October.
According to KOTRA, the Busan event lasting from Oct. 14-16 will provide
a chance for Vietnamese businesses to promote their products to big
exporters and distributors from the RoK and other countries over the
world.
They will also learn the trend of the 2011-2012
Autumn-Winter season and attend seminars on production, technology and
distribution.
According to the Vietnam Textile and
Apparel Association (VITAS), Vietnam ’s textile and garment exports
to the RoK have sharply increased over recent years, reaching nearly 240
million USD in 2009, and 180 million USD in the first eight months of
this year, marking a year-on-year 45 percent increase.
Vietnam also imported a great volume of materials for the
industry from the RoK, buying 1.4 billion USD worth of fibres in 2009.
VITAS also reported that more than 400 RoK businesses have invested in
the textile and garment industry in Vietnam . They include many
well-known ones such as Pangrim, Hansae Vietnam , Han-soll Vietnam
, and Vina-Korea./.
