Eight trade associations representing Vietnamese and South Korean investors and factories in Vietnam recently wrote to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) to consider an extension of the comment period on the Vietnam Section 301 Investigation so that they can provide the latter with the most well-rounded and impartial comments and inputs.

The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), likely to come into force in 2021 beginning, is promising Vietnamese garment-textile and footwear companies several export opportunities to the European market, especially when the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is no longer applicable to the United Kingdom after Brexit, the ministry of industry and trade (MoIT) said.

[HANOI- December 23^rd 2020] Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) would like to share our serious concern about U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) initiates Vietnam Section 301 Investigation. (Original link can be found at https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2020/october/ustr-initiates-vietnam-section-301-investigation

September 2017 – TÜV Rheinland Vietnam and Vietnam Textile & Apparel Association (VITAS) cooperated to organize the seminar “Brands’ requirements for textile supply chain”