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  • Vietnam : Textile workers likely to witness salary hike

    Posted on May 3 2010 - 20:55 - Source Fibre2Fashion

    An agreement in principle has been signed a couple of days ago between textile associations and trade unions. Workers of the textile industry are expected to .

  • Minister rejects House criticism over ASEAN-China FTA ― Chinese Online|BTOB|BTOC

    Posted on May 3 2010 - 14:52 - Source Chinese Logistics

    : The government has rejected lawmakers’ criticism of recent bilateral negotiations with China, which some hoped would postpone tariff reductions on 228 commodities under the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA).

  • B100m budget to help SMEs enter Asean ( )

    Posted on May 3 2010 - 12:38 - Source RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. (fka Dain Rausche)

    ...technology. About 280,000 Thai SMEs are ready to move into the Asean market, he said. The initial target industries will be textiles,...

  • B100m budget to help SMEs enter Asean

    Posted on May 3 2010 - 03:06 - Source Bangkok Post

    The Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (Osmep) will allocate 100 million baht to help small businesses expand abroad and take advantage of new opportunities under the Asean Free Trade Area.

  • Dress for success

    Posted on May 2 2010 - 23:00 - Source The Philippine Star

    MANILA, Philippines - Successful fashion brands revealed that the best strategies to penetrate the cut-throat fashion industry include creating a unique identity, positioning the brand in a specific market niche, and communicating the competitive advantage of their brand.

  • Poorest workers worst affected by economic downturn

    Posted on May 2 2010 - 19:19 - Source abeceder

    ...Organization has found. Factory closures or cutbacks due to reduced orders forced many garment workers in the South-East Asian nation out of a job. One...

  • A Fashion Outsider Always in Style

    Posted on May 2 2010 - 18:52 - Source Jakarta Globe

    A huge picture of a woman wearing a tube-style dress is the first thing visitors see when they enter the house/workshop of fashion designer Deden Siswanto in Bandung.

  • ‘We aspire to be centre of Asian fashion sector’ – TAFF

    Posted on May 1 2010 - 17:37 - Source Fibre2Fashion

    Mr Benny Pua, President of the Textile & Fashion Federation (Singapore), recently spoke at the launch of the inaugural Asia Fashion Summit, a key event of the Asia Fashion Exchange.

  • Philippines focus on ‘famine food’ fibers

    Posted on May 1 2010 - 12:28 - Source Specialty Fabrics Review

    Saluyot, a jute-like plant called “famine food” because it is a vegetable of last resort during drought times, has been added to the Philippine Textile Research Institute’s (PTRI’s) menu of renewable native fibers suitable for fabric production.

  • SAFSA Inducts First VVFs and Gets Straight to Work

    Posted on Apr 30 2010 - 04:27

    On April 19th, 11 virtual vertical factories (VVFs) became the founding members of the Source ASEAN Full Service Alliance (SAFSA). A VVF consists of a garment factory and a textile mill who have agreed to work together under SAFSA to maximise efficiencies along the supply chain and offer a value-added full-service product to global customers.