Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), stock code VGT, predicts its consolidated profit before tax this year to reduce by a half to VND382 billion (US$16.5 million) year on year due to negative impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted global and national production chains, forcing domestic enterprises to find new markets and develop new products.
Viet Nam saw a year on year reduction of 3.5 per cent in garment exports of the first two months this year to US$5.3 billion due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Lower-than-expected export revenue last year showed the industry was facing problems in participating more deeply in the global value chain and expanding exports to niche markets.
Viet Nam’s textile and garment industry is striving to achieve export turnover of more than US$40 billion in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 14-15 per cent.
Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) has completed 65 per cent of the yearly target set for total revenues with its eight-month result (excluding VAT) reaching over VND31.45 trillion (US$1.34 billion).
Itochu, Japan’s second-largest trading company, has spent some five billion yen (US$46.9 million) to buy an additional 10 per cent equity in Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex).
Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) recorded after-tax profit of VND126.3 billion (US$5.6 million) in the first quarter of this year, down 11.62 per cent year-on-year.
State-owned economic groups are continuing to restructure their member
companies, even as they surpass their set business plan targets for the
first half of the year.
The Viet Nam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) broke ground for two
garment factories in the Mekong Delta cities of Bac Lieu and Can Tho on
Wednesday.
The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) will invest
most of its capital in material production projects in a move to reduce
dependence on imports.
As the Government urges to streamlines the operation of State-owned
enterprises (SOEs), the target can be attained in terms of quantity.
However, there are doubts about the quality of most businesses after
equitisation.
The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex), has
restructured its domestic business strategy to further invest in
domestic production by expanding sales and distribution and developing
the fashion industry.