Vinatex, the representative of clothing manufacturer in Vietnam has announced an investment of US$2.1 billion with projects to build new production facilities for Vietnam clothing manufacturer as part of the development of plan toward 2020.
This huge investment into Vietnam clothes manufacturers is supposed to generate an annual increase of 12%-14% in production value of clothing manufacturer in Vietnam and a 15% surge in export turnover.
Vinatex will focus firstly on building factories specialized in producing raw materials required for production, secondly on improving technology of equipments used to boost productivity, from which create and expand raw material cultivation areas.
The target is to produce 300,000 tons of fiber by 2020, 675 million square meters of fabric supply the raw materials required of most clothing manufacturer Vietnam to produce 706 million garment products per year and generate export revenue of more than US$ 5 billion.
To fulfill this target, the implementation plan is to develop 31 fiber plants, 21 fabric plants and 164 Vietnam clothes manufacturers in the next 10 years.
The source of capital will come from proceeds from auctioning land in highly-urbanized areas, bank loans, privatization of enterprises and foreign sources.
Also, as part of the regional planning, Vietnam clothes manufacturers which are in inner city will be relocated to the countryside. The raw materials zones will be located in 8 provinces including Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Ninh Thuan, Son La….
Moreover, top priority for clothing manufacturer in Vietnam is to diversify designs and improving quality by increasing the ratio of local content to reduce costs of import. Besides, evolving from sub-contracting to original design manufacturers is also a main target.