Hanoi Department of Industry has set up a plan for developing its textile and garment sector by 2010 with targets to gain annual growth of 16 percent and become one of the top five leading industrial sectors of city.
The sector is, then, expected to contribute 11.4 percent to the total industrial production value and 10 percent to the employment of the city, Luu Tien Long, the department's director revealed.
Major goods in development strategy include high–class shirt, T- shirt, Polo-Shirt, mosquito-net, cotton towel, knitted fabric, shuttled fabric etc.
Besides, the sector plans to set up centers for designing high-quality fashion products and also work to motivate the development of supporting industries in the city.
Textile and garment enterprises should cooperate with partners in the surrounding provinces in order to promote their advantage of cheap labour, Long recommended.
Fibre2fashion, News Desk - Vietnam
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