VIETNAM’S HANDMADE TEXTILES PRESENT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOREIGN BUYERS
October 1st, 2017
HIGH-END internationally-focused brands are seeking out Vietnam’s traditional artisans to source orders of high-quality, handmade textiles, moving away from the low-cost, mass-produced materials often associated with the country’s textile and garment industry.
These labour-intensive products include indigo-dyed fabrics, hand-woven textiles, and lacquer silk, all of which are created using traditional methods by skilled craftspeople. While the cost of these fabrics, known generally as thổ cẩm in Vietnamese, is significantly higher than that of their ...
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