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Furniture Manufacturers in Vietnam: Prices, MOQ & Factories

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Planning to import furniture from suppliers in Vietnam? In this article, you will learn everything importers must know about Vietnamese furniture and homeware factories:

Top Vietnamese Furniture Manufacturers
Product Categories & Materials
Supplier Directories, Wholesalers & Trade Shows
How to place your first order

Overview of Furniture Produced in Vietnam

Vietnam is one of the largest manufacturing and exporting countries for furniture. You’ll find suppliers for a wide range of furniture, including:

Wooden Furniture
Home Furniture
Office Furniture
Outdoor Furniture
Bathroom Furniture
Rattan Furniture
Wicker Furniture
Eucalyptus furniture

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Clothing & Textiles Manufacturers in Vietnam: Complete Guide

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Looking for reliable clothing and textile factories in Vietnam? Then keep reading.

In this guide, we explain what you must know about importing clothing from Vietnam, including product categories, prices, MOQ requirements and payment terms.

In addition, you’ll get an overview of some of Vietnam’s leading apparel manufacturers, and a summary of the 5 step process that will take you from the drawing board – to delivered product:

1. Preparing a techpack

2. How to order samples

3. MOQ requirements

4. Quality checks

5. Lab testing

What kind of Clothing & Home Textiles Can I Import from Vietnam?

Vietnam, a country of 92 million, is home to textiles manufacturers in almost any niche. The ecosystem runs deep, and also covers more advanced fabrics and components.

A few examples follow below:

T-Shirts
Knitwear
Children’s Clothing
Baby Clothing
Home Textiles
Furniture Textiles
Technical Fabrics
Components

That said, many Vietnamese suppliers import certain materials, such as Velcro, from China. This can result in longer lead times when developing new samples. Continue Reading →

Trade Shows in Vietnam 2018: The Ultimate Guide

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Finding the best suppliers in Vietnam can be quite challenging. At least when sourcing products online. Instead, you might want to consider one of several trade shows, held yearly in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Hanoi.

In this article, you’ll get a complete overview over the largest trade shows in Vietnam, covering the following categories:

Apparel & Textiles
Furniture, Home decor & Handicrafts
Electronics
Food & Agriculture
Print & Packaging
Construction & Industrial

In addition, we also cover visa requirements, invitation letters and transportation options.

Apparel & Textiles

VTG Textile & Garment

In 2018, the Vietnam International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in in November 2018.

The event takes place once every year, mostly in the month of November. It is organized by Vietnam International Trade Fair & Advertising Joint Stock Company in partnership with Yorkers Trade & Marketing Services Co., Ltd.

It is a popular event that is attended by more than 10,000 people and around 400 exhibitors every year.

You can find a wide range of products at this event that includes:

Textile machinery
Apparel machinery
Fibers
Filaments
Fabrics
Apparel accessories

You can also find exhibitors from all around the world, especially manufacturers of winding machines, braiding machines, thread trimmer machines, etc.

You can meet manufacturers of modern textile and apparel machinery here instead of exploring actual textile products. If you are interested in machinery instead of textile or garments, this is an excellent event to attend.

If you are interested in the textile and garments instead of machinery, you can visit the sister exhibition that takes place at the same time and same venue, the Vietnam International Textile & Apparel Accessories Exhibition.

Admission is allowed for only 16 years old or older.

Venue: Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), 799 Nguyen Van Linh Parkway, Tan Phu Ward, Dist.7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Continue Reading →

Sourcing Products in Vietnam: A How to Guide

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Vietnam is finally maturing as a serious alternative for online sellers, sourcing products in Asia. Yet, Vietnam is not an option for everyone.

In this article, you will learn what kind of products you can source in Vietnam, and how you need to approach Vietnamese suppliers once you’ve found one.

You will also learn how to deal with sample orders, payments and quality control – and why you may find Vietnamese suppliers to be less enthusiastic than those in China.

What kind products can I source in Vietnam?

Below follows an overview of the categories in which Vietnam offers a relatively large number of suppliers.

a. Apparel & Textiles

The apparel and textile industry is well established in Vietnam. In fact, most of our customers currently sourcing products in Vietnam, are in the apparel and textile industry.

Apparel manufacturers tend to have relatively wide product scopes. However, these are some of the more common products found in Vietnam:

Children’s Products
T-Shirts
Sportswear
Outdoor wear
Knitwear

Vietnamese textiles suppliers are generally OEM manufacturers, meaning that they make products according to tech packs provided by their customers. Continue Reading →

Manufacturers & Wholesalers in Vietnam: A Complete Guide

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Importing from Vietnamese suppliers has become a serious alternative to China. In recent months, we’ve seen a significant number of clients source products from Vietnamese suppliers.

So significant, in fact, that I am writing this post from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

In this article, I what I’ve learned through customers, and on the ground here in Vietnam, about finding qualified factories in Vietnam, what kind of products you can find and whether they offer lower prices.

In addition, I will also share what every importer should know about MOQ requirements, business visas, shipping options and trade shows in Vietnam.

How to find Vietnam suppliers online using Alibaba

There are multiple supplier directories in Vietnam. Yet, Alibaba.com is the largest online supplier directory for those looking for Vietnam based factories.

Alibaba.com has a dedicated section for Vietnamese suppliers, and they are becoming increasingly prominent when searching for many product types.

Alibaba.com allows users to filter suppliers based on country. Thus, you can decide to limit your sourcing to Vietnamese suppliers only.

Alibaba.com also verifies all Gold Suppliers, including those based in Vietnam. Thus, they provide one of the few reliable sources of supplier data in the country, including the following:

Company name
Registered address
Legal form
Registration No.
Issuing Authority
Date of issue
Applicant name
Applicant job title

Globalsources.com also have Vietnamese suppliers listed in their directory. However, the number of suppliers is far lower than on Alibaba.

Some of them also attend the Globalsources trade shows in Hong Kong. Continue Reading →