The Vietnam Trade Office in Algeria and Tunisia last week coordinated with the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) to organise a conference to connect Vietnamese businesses and their peers in in Tunis.

A delegation of business executives representing 30 Indian companies led by the chairman of the Indian Silk Export Promotion Council met their Vietnamese counterparts at the Buyer-Seller meet held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 21.

Forty nine objects featuring the Mong ethnic minority group are being displayed at the La Rochelle Natural History Museum of France’s Nouvelle Aquitaine region from January 31 till December 31, 2019.

Most types of yarn and woven and knitted fabrics originating from India will be exempt from customs duties in Vietnam from January 1, 2019, under the ASEAN – India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIDA).

Some 200 local and foreign exhibitors will gather in the Hanoi Textile and Garment Industry Expo (HANOITEX) at the International Centre for Exhibition on Tran Hung Dao street, Hanoi, from November 1-3.

Vietnam’s textile-garment industry still relies heavily on imported materials, with domestic producers importing 86 percent of their fabrics, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS).