VIETNAM LACKING CHEMICAL ENGINEERS FOR THE DYEING AND FINISHING OF TEXTILES
August 1st, 2019
THE VIETNAMESE textile-garment sector has been benefitting from an impressive list of free trade agreements, but a lack of chemical engineers makes it difficult to satisfy their rules of origins. This especially applies to the European Union (EU)-Vietnam free trade agreement, whose terms were influenced by EU textile manufacturers who wanted to ensure that the deal did give a backdoor entrance to European markets for products based on China-finished fabric.
Tran Nhu Tung, vice chairman of Thanh Cong Textile Garment Investment Trading (TCM), in Ho Chi Minh ...
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