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Hanoi-based lawyers serving foreign white-collar expatriates employed in the Vietnamese textile and garment sectors have welcomed the country’s latest easing of work permit regulations but are somewhat divided on its significance. According to a decree approved on February 3 by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, foreigners with bachelor’s degrees and at least three years of experience working in their respective fields are no longer required to obtain work permits in Vietnam, if they visit for no more than 30 days at a time, and no more than 90 days per year.…

VIETNAM’S free trade deal with the European Union (EU) includes a commitment that cars sold in its country should follow international vehicle regulations. These technical rules are set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations and are generally written into EU type approval legislation.…

Details have been released explaining how the European Union’s (EU) steel sector will boost its access to the key emerging market of Vietnam under a trade deal struck last August (2015). The full text of the agreement has now been released (on February 1) and shows how tariffs that will be scrapped regarding iron and steel, as well as related inputs and products exported and imported between Vietnam and the European Union (EU).…

DETAILS have been released about tariffs that will be scrapped regarding paints and coatings and related ingredients, exported and imported between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) under a trade deal struck last August (2015). The full text of the agreement has now been released and shows how Vietnam is prepared to remove its tariff barriers to EU exports of paints and coatings, many of which are important to promote its economic development.…

VIETNAM as almost a “sole supplier of textile products” among Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries is banking on the TPP deal to expand its textile market share, according to VITAS – the Vietnam Textile and Garment Association. Moreover, a spokesperson from the association said that “many Hong Kong, South Korean, and Australian firms are developing and planning major textiles FDI [foreign direct investment] in Vietnam to produce yarn and fabric, the supporting textiles industry for apparel production.”…

MANY garment manufacturers in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) block will have to cope with raises to the minimum wages in 2016. The move comes as ASEAN launches its Economic Community (ASEAN EC) on December 31, easing labour movement across the region.…

Although the final details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement have yet to be agreed, it is all but certain that the TPP’s free-tariff treatment for Vietnamese garments will see substantial amounts of yarn being shipped from US textile mills to garment factories in Vietnam, with the resulting clothing returning to the USA as finished ‘Made in Vietnam’ products.…

VIETNAM’S beef and pork product imports from the European Union (EU) have increased 70 times in 2014 when compared with 2012, industry experts have said. The unprecedented rise comes ahead of an upcoming EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which may increase imports further once it is finalised.…

Sustainability improvements in the Asian outsourced clothing and textile sector are far from being the sole preserve of China. In Cambodia, Tonlé, a sustainable garment-making firm based in Phnom Penh, obtains 90% of its fabric from factory cut-out and 10% through sustainable suppliers to make a zero-waste clothing line.…

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an increasingly dynamic and affluent 10-member bloc with a population half the size if China’s, plans to achieve a single aviation market (SAM) by the end of 2015 as a part of its broader ambition to launch its ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).…