Vietnam noticed the move of international direct funding (FDI) soar to its highest level in a decade final yr, with over $20 billion invested, primarily from Japan, Singapore, and China.
Many abroad companies are making the most of FTAs between their residence market and Vietnam to arrange sustainable garment and textile manufacturing services. Below the EU–Vietnam FTA, sure merchandise exported from Vietnam to the EU will get pleasure from zero tariffs from this yr.
Among the many 57 nations and territories with new initiatives in Vietnam this yr, Singapore has been the biggest investor, with $1.79 billion within the first six months alone. Sanbang PTE., Ltd leads the best way amongst Singaporean buyers with a file $28.7 million being pumped into a brand new plant specialising in manufacturing towels and woven materials.
![]() |
Sanbang selected Nam Dinh province in northern Vietnam, the cradle of Vietnam’s garment and textile trade, to construct a manufacturing unit with the total assist of the native authorities to make sure the swift completion of all authorized necessities for the mission’s deployment.
Aurora industrial park (IP) in Nam Dinh, developed by native outstanding actual property developer Cat Tuong Group, with the ambition of being a sustainable IP for the textiles sector, is about to be a really perfect vacation spot for Sanbang’s manufacturing unit. The Singaporean agency signed a lease for a 103,400 square-metre house in Aurora IP in August.
![]() |
Sanbang hopes to finish all obligatory authorized procedures to start development within the first quarter (Q1) of 2024.
The manufacturing unit will start pre-production in Q3 of 2025 and official manufacturing from the next This autumn. Annual manufacturing capability is predicted to achieve 15,000 tonnes of towels, 14 million metres of woven material, and 15,000 tonnes of DTY yarn.
Sanbang hopes to finish all obligatory authorized procedures with a view to start development within the first quarter (Q1) of 2024. |
Oriented to be a ‘inexperienced, clear, and sustainable’ industrial park with a well-balanced industrial ecological neighborhood, Aurora is likely one of the few IPs in Vietnam certified to accommodate fabric-dyeing services. Its infrastructure is designed with one of many nation’s largest wastewater remedy techniques, with a capability of 110,000 cubic metres every day.
The water system is provided with cutting-edge expertise and environmentally pleasant supplies to make sure that state laws on post-treatment water are noticed in addition to the water wants of secondary buyers are met.
![]() |
“Aurora IP is dedicated to the purpose of turning into one of many high industrial parks within the nation because it welcomes one of the prestigious buyers within the clothes and textiles trade on this planet,” stated Nguyen Van Tuan, standing vice chairman of the Board of Administrators at Cat Tuong Group.
The Aurora IP Venture Administration Board and contractors are at the moment accelerating the event of initiatives whereas progressing the park’s infrastructure to completion, in compliance with worldwide necessities.
Building and completion of element modules for the clear water remedy plant, wastewater remedy plant, and 110kV transformer station delivering energy to the IP are among the many infrastructure objects that will likely be deployed actively in 2023.
Leveraging the strengths of main industrial actual property developer Cat Tuong Group in addition to the beneficial funding setting circumstances, Aurora IP goals to be a vibrant spot attracting international producers coming to Vietnam.
Because it started working in 2019, Aurora IP has signed a complete of 4 land lease agreements price greater than $330 million with 4 high-tech foreign-invested enterprises, demonstrating its attraction and distinctive benefits.
![]() |
Singaporean curiosity in Vietnam prospers
Singaporean and regional funding in Vietnam is predicted to thrive within the months to come back, following quite a few cooperation agreements and commitments reached by the 2 governments final week. |
![]() |
Nam Dinh Vu Industrial Park set to welcome strategic buyers
Nam Dinh Vu, the one industrial park (IP) in Haiphong with an inner seaport, ample out there land, and cutting-edge technical infrastructure, is able to hail buyers from main markets comparable to South Korea and Japan. |
![]() |
New alternatives abound for Singaporean telecoms
With digital transformation bringing extra alternatives for companies, Singapore’s telecoms and ICT sectors are in search of to faucet into rising demand in Vietnam. George Choo, president of the Affiliation of Telecommunications and Know-how Trade of Singapore, talked to VIR’s Bich Thuy in regards to the newest tendencies and progress potential. |