TAIWAN EXPERTS SAY VIETNAM INVESTMENT PULL-OUT NOT EXPECTED AFTER RIOTS

Taiwan textile industry insiders have told WTiN.com that the recent riots in Vietnam will not deter future investment in this key emerging market outsourcing country.Serious attacked on Taiwanese textile businesses in Vietnam were suffered when on May 13 and 14 local mobs – protesting against China’s recent installation of an oil rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea – ransacked and torched hundreds of foreign-owned factories. Many of these were Taiwanese, with attackers failing to make a distinction between mainland China and Taiwan. Among the ...


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