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India : Gala garment fair begins today
July 28, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

A three-day garment fair, organized in Ahmedabad by the Gujarat Garment Manufacturers’ Association (GGMA), was inaugurated today by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Around 150 garment manufacturers have participated in the fair which is in its 14th year of inception. However, compared to previous years, this year’s event is bigger both in terms of size and participants. The crowd-puller this year is a fashion show where manufacturers would be able to present their products. Read more about India : Gala garment fair begins today …

Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam
A fashion shop in HCMC. The government is targeting 16-18 percent annual growth in textile and garment production and 20 percent growth in exports over the next two years.
Read more about Vietnam has ambitious plans for textile industry …

Hindu Business Line, India
Harish Damodaran

New Delhi, July 28 After having made registration compulsory for all cotton shipments, the Union Government is now considering quantitative restrictions on its exports.
Read more about Centre plans capping cotton exports …

Malta Independent Online, Malta
The Hotel Phoenicia is keeping up with its tradition of being a base for personalities in arts – this time for the world-wide esteemed Asian artist Sarkasi Said who this year is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a professional artist. Sarkasi Said is synonymous with Batik art.
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2 garment units gutted at Mirpur: Fire at Benarasi Palli: One killed
By Staff Reporter/The New Nation, Bangladesh

A young man was killed and 50 others were injured when two devastating fires broke out at Benarasi Palli at Section No. 11, Mirpur yesterday morning and at a garment factory at Section No. 12, Mirpur Wednesday night.

Both the incidents of fires happened within a span of twelve hours, exposing lack of precautionary measures to cope with fire and usual failure of the fire service department to extinguish the blaze.

Witnesses said a devastating fire broke out at the stranded Pakistanis-run Bihari Camp behind the Mirpur Graveyard at Section No. 11 at around 12:00 noon yesterday leaving one killed and many others injured.

The deceased was identified as Abu Taleb, 22, whose body was later recovered. Abu Taleb hailed from Barisal district. Details of the ill-fated youth could not be known immediately Read more about 2 garment units gutted at Mirpur: Fire at Benarasi Palli: One killed …

Garment manufacturers need high value raw materials
Moneycontrol.com, India

Garments and textiles exports in the country are pegged at about $16 billion. But when compared with the domestic market (about $40 billion) and China’s textile exports of $60 billion, this figure is rather low, says Mr Brian Parker, a Mumbai-based freelance consultant for the textile industry.

So, where does the lacunae lie? In access to raw materials, explains Mr Parker, who is here in connection with a textile trade fair. Read more about Garment manufacturers need high value raw materials …

Stakeholders meet on use of Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock garment
Wednesday, Jul 26, 2014/The Tide, Nigeria

A stakeholders meeting on the use of Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG), a new device that controls bleeding in women, was held in Abuja.

The essence of the workshop put together by Centre for Population and Reproductive Health, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, was to popularise the device. Read more about Stakeholders meet on use of Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock garment …

Charming Vietnam to show off the nation’s signature garment
Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam

In an interview to Thanh Nien, veterans Vo Viet Chung and Si Hoang and talented youngster Thuan Viet also spoke about their innovative new collections – in terms of new shapes and materials.

Phuong Saigon, Chung’s collection, inspired by the famous film Nguoi My tram lang (The Quiet American), uses homemade silks with designs and colors typical of the 1940s-50s. Read more about Charming Vietnam to show off the nation’s signature garment …

Textile-garment firms short manpower
15:07′ 25/07/2014 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam

VietNamNet – To cope with the prolonged unavailability of manpower, textile-garment producers are looking to open training schools in remote areas.

Chairman of the HCM City Association of Garment – Textile & Embroidery – Knitting (Agtek) said that the lack of manpower is normal in the first quarter, but this year it has extended through July. Many companies are unable to meet 60% of their labour requirements. Read more about Textile-garment firms short manpower …

Garment fair in city
News Today, India

As a curtain-raiser to the ensuing festive season, the Chennai Apparel Association (CAA), a society established to serve as a nodal agency for manufacturers, distributors agents and retailers in exhibiting their products, is organising a three-day garment fair in Chennai starting from tomorrow.

What’s CAA’s aim in organising a fair exclusively for the benefit of the manufacturers and distributors? Read more about Garment fair in city …