Ho Chi Minh to Host Cotton Day Event on September 12

With a view to strengthen the connections between textile and apparel firms and suppliers, partners and experts from the cotton sector, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam will host Cotton Day 2017 on September 12. The event will give enterprises an opportunity to learn about cotton demand around the world and consumption trends of various brands.

Cotton Day is being organised by the Vietnam Textile and Garment Association (VITAS) and the Cotton Council International (CCI). A conference will take place at the event, along with a fashion show that will introduce Cotton USA collections of John Henry and Canifa brands. Designs of the winners of the Cotton USA Fashion Design contest will also be presented.

The domestic sector of Vietnam only fulfils 0.04 per cent of the total cotton demand of the country’s textile sector. The country imports cotton, with US accounting for over 60 per cent of the cotton imports, said a Vietnamese news agency quoting Vu Duc Giang, president of VITAS.

Cotton Day is also expected to let Vietnamese companies to use the Cotton USA label on their garments, added Giang. This year onwards, CCI has been helping Vietnamese brands to use cotton imported from US to enhance the quality of their garments.

CCI’s Cotton Day events have been held in various countries in Asia including Japan, Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand and Bangladesh.

Vietnam’s textile sector earned $19.8 billion from export in eight months on 2017, recording a 9.9 per cent increase over last year, despite many challenges like anti-dumping duty on fibre in India and Turkey.