At least five garment, textile and plastic factories have been set on fire in the Ashulia and Sreepur areas during the violence. Rozina Islam, duty officer at the Central Control Room of the Fire ...

The immediate trigger was a commerce ministry letter asking the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to scrap the zero-duty facility for yarn imports under the bonded warehouse system. The ministry believe ...

Local authorities tend to say “no” not only to textile projects because of the fear for environmental pollution, but to garment projects as well, because garment factories do not help develop local ...

Circular design guidelines and the growing demand for technical fabrics have placed a greater emphasis on textiles in recent years. Fiber manufactures and textile mills have adopted consumer-focused ...

The textile and garment sector witnessed a very dry investment season in 2023 as demand for clothing items fell globally while an energy crisis on the domestic front led to higher costs of production.

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry has long been a crucial sector to the Vietnamese economy. The sector employs more than 3 million labourers and has over 7,000 factories across the country. As a ...

Workers of a garment company in HCM City. The sustainability requirements pose challenges for Viet Nam’s fashion industry but there are opportunities from the transition to more sustainable and ...