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Day: September 2, 2024

List of Vietnam Footwear Manufacturers (2024)

Vietnam’s thriving shoe industry caters to a diverse range of brands and styles, from athletic sneakers to high-end luxury footwear. But whereas footwear brands can choose to open their own factory in Vietnam, many choose not to and instead utilise Vietnam footwear manufacturers on a contractual basis. With this in mind, this is a list of some of the most well-known Vietnam footwear manufacturers.

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How to Import Footwear Materials to Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Vietnam footwear materials manufacturers count themselves as part of one of the biggest footwear materials manufacturing industries in the world. Trailing only India and China, this relatively small country exported footwear materials to the tune of US$19.94 billion in 2023, made for some of the most well-known footwear materials brands.

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How to Export Footwear from Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2023

Vietnam footwear manufacturers count themselves as part of one of the biggest footwear manufacturing industries in the world. In this light, there is a huge opportunity in buying and exporting Vietnamese footwear around the world. This can be very profitable but there are a few nuances to the process that foreign firms looking to export footwear from Vietnam should be mindful of.

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How to Manufacture Shoes in Vietnam: Ultimate Guide 2024

Low-cost labour, a long history of footwear and apparel, and a broad drive among shoemakers and brands to diversify their supply chains has seen shoe manufacturing become a major industry in Vietnam. Getting shoes made in Vietnam for foreign firms and brands, however, is not always easy. From finding the right supplier to ensuring the right materials are used, and ensuring intellectual property protection, there are a myriad of considerations that need to be made.

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Vietnam Supermarkets: Foreign Retailer’s Guide 2024

Supermarkets are rapidly proliferating in Vietnam. This is on the back of rising incomes and improved market entry conditions. These supermarkets are one of the easiest ways for foreign producers to get their products in front of Vietnamese consumers with a more Western style of doing business. What to expect

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Key Vietnam car maker reports profit fall of 6 percent in first half 2024

From a peak in 2022 of VND 7.4 trillion or US$298.3 million, Thaco has seen its profits continue to fall. This has been attributed to a decline in car sales on the back of broader economic challenges in Vietnam. This is, however, only one part of much bigger changes in Vietnam’s car market as new trade agreements pull down tariffs on imports and trade remedies against cars imported from China into the US and EU see Chinese car makers search for new markets…

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Cheap Chinese imports weighing on Vietnam’s small retailers

Whereas Vietnam has benefit from its proximity to China with respect to developing its own manufacturing industry as firms look to diversify their supply chains out of China, its proximity also means that it is much easier for Chinese manufacturers to access Vietnam’s consumer market…

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Where are Nikes Made in Vietnam 2024?

Nike products made in Vietnam are produced in several provinces around the country. They are, however, mostly concentrated in the south, in and around Ho Chi Minh City. This is in part because of the dense population and access to one of Vietnam’s biggest ports but also because Ho Chi

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Central Vietnam government looks for investors in new steel factory

Developing a steel project right now doesn’t seem to be particularly prudent in that there are a myriad of trade remedies investigations into steel imports around the world currently underway, including against steel from Vietnam. These trade remedies cases look to be the result of increased exports of cheap steel from China and Vietnam on the back of a fall in demand at home following slumps in their respective real estate markets…

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Electronics Retailer Digiworld: Vietnam Stock Overview

As the core business of Digiworld, the electronic devices segment has been challenged by declining demand and intense competition–in the broader market, electronics retail chains like FPT Shop and Mobile World, have also closed a number of underperforming stores. With this in mind, Digiworld has implemented a horizontal development strategy, which involves adding new brands and entering new industries through mergers and acquisitions…

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