The textile industry has to proactively combat the challenges it faces such as low demand, a slowing economy, inflation, and low prices, experts have said.
Textile, garment and footwear industries are still facing many difficulties due the COVID-19 pandemic, and unable to recover production and business in the short term.
The textile and apparel industry, which managed to survive three waves of Covid-19 thanks to its decision to produce face masks and personal protective equipment, will focus on sportswear and yarn.
Exports of textiles and garments in January 2021 were estimated at US$2.6 billion, up 3.3 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Armed with experience from coping with the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, textile and footwear enterprises are quietly confident they can find new markets to cope with the second.
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.
More than 35 leading Vietnamese manufacturers of garments, textiles and fashion accessories as well as garment-related industries are showcasing their goods at Hong Kong’s biggest fashion show that opened on Sunday.
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.
Canada will be a potential market for Viet Nam’s export garment products when the Comprehensive Partnership and Trans-Pacific Partnership takes effect in early 2019, according to Vinatex.
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).