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Asmara Vietnam to help local fabric
manufacturers to develop
Asmara Vietnam is keen to develop
local fabric manufacturing units in
Vietnam, as Vietnam is still heavily
dependent on countries like China
and Korea for raw materials.
In an exclusive interaction with
Team Apparel Online, Pradhan
Nrudipta Nirenlal, Product
Design & Development, Asmara
International Limited said that
except hyper flex, which people
prefer buying from China, for the
other fabrics, Vietnam is slowly
getting approval from buyers.
Pradhan added that Asmara
Vietnam is happy to be associated
with TCE Denim which has its
own fabric mill in Vietnam. Going
forward, Asmara intends to take
more measures to develop and
promote fabric mills in Vietnam.
Pradhan wants more fabric mills to
come up in Vietnam as more mills
would mean more innovation.
He further added that Vietnam
is trying to get the same quality
standard for fabrics that the
buyers are currently getting from
other countries. “Happy buyers
will enhance the business,”
substantiated Pradhan. Asmara
is one of the most reputed buying
houses in Vietnam, which was
established in 2008 and is
associated with as many as 35
factories. Some of its esteemed
clients are Abercrombie & Fitch,
Tom Tailor, Zara, Pepe Jeans, Ann
Taylor, and River Island among
several others.
CGTI and NEA collaborate to enhance the labour
force in Cambodia
Cambodia Garment Training
Institute (CGTI) and the National
Employment Agency (NEA) have
inked an agreement to help build
a better workforce in Cambodia,
particularly in the garment
industry.
The MoU was signed at the
Ministry of Labour by Andrew
Tey, Director, CGTI and Hong
Cheoun, Director, NEA. Under
the MoU, vocational training will
be provided to the high school
students. Both the associations will
collaboratively organise events in
schools to promote CGTI’s training
courses and will also help students
by informing about the different
career opportunities.
Ith Samheng, Labour Minister and
Van Sou Leng, President, GMAC
were also present at the ceremony.
According to Ith, the agreement
represents a great cooperation
between the Government and the
private sector to improve skills of
the country’s labour force.
“This is a win-win partnership.
NEA will help us promote and
spread awareness about our
vocational training courses. In
exchange, NEA staff will be
able to take our courses,” says
Andrew Tey.
He further believes that garment
industry in the country needs at
least five more years before it fully
adopts advanced technology in
production. CGTI courses shall
enable garment workers to adapt to
higher levels of technology.
CGTI, an initiative of the Garment
Manufacturers of Cambodia
(GMAC), aspires to narrow
down the gap between training
needs and existing job matches
in Cambodia. NEA effectively
provides fundamental employment
services such as offering matching
jobs to seekers so as to promote
the efficacy of labour market in
Cambodia.
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