Garment businesses in Hai Duong have a lot of orders

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Makalot Vietnam Garment Company Limited (Thanh Ha) specializes in producing seasonal clothing (including office wear, home wear, etc.). This year, the company's orders reached about 78 million products, an increase of about 20% compared to last year. At this time, the company has received enough orders for 2025. The company's customers are still traditional markets such as the US, Japan and the European Union (EU), but the orders are higher. Most of the time of the year, the company lacks workers and continuously posts job vacancies. Many customers even want to increase production, but due to lack of workers, the company only receives enough orders.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Head of Administration and Human Resources Department, Makalot Vietnam Garment Company Limited, although the supply of goods is abundant and the workers are not able to keep up with the work, in order to affirm their position in the market, the stages of checking goods and monitoring orders are all carried out seriously and strictly. The company commits to delivering products on time, ensuring the criteria of partners, and resolutely not delivering defective products. Every month, customers send experts to the factory to directly check the quality with the company and are all satisfied with the products. The company's Board of Directors maintains close connections and respects customers, so they have been able to maintain their supply for many years. Abundant orders mean that welfare policies for employees are also guaranteed.

This year, the export garment production plan at NamLee International Co., Ltd. (Kinh Mon) also increased by about 10% compared to 2023. To ensure orders, workers worked overtime 2 hours/day. The US is still the company's main export market. Although the market is not expanding, orders from partners are still regular. Therefore, workers have stable jobs and increased income.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Loan, who has worked as a garment worker at Makalot Vietnam Garment Company for 16 years, said that her salary is now nearly 14 million VND/month. “Although there is a lot of work, the company only allows workers to work overtime for 2 hours/day. Some people want to work overtime to increase their income, but the company does not agree because they believe that workers need to rest and spend time to restore their labor, thereby limiting errors in the sewing and cutting stages,” Ms. Loan said.

Invest in more machinery

In addition to continuing to strengthen strict quality control measures to ensure reputation, NamLee International Co., Ltd. has flexibly organized production, invested in new technological equipment to increase labor productivity to reduce labor costs... Up to this point, the enterprise has signed orders until the end of 2024 and into early 2025.

Formostar Vietnam Garment Company Limited in Hai Duong City has more than 1,000 workers and laborers specializing in garment production. According to the company representative, orders are currently sufficient until the end of 2024. Each month, the company produces about 250,000 products. Currently, the company's products are exported to the US market (accounting for 80%), EU and Asia. To ensure the timely progress of orders, the company has added many types of modern, automatic machines such as programming machines, ironing machines, fabric cutting machines, button feeding machines, hanging systems, etc.

In 2023, Hai Duong's garment industry will face many difficulties because major export markets such as the US, EU, and Japan are all declining due to inflation. Many Chinese garment enterprises will return to production, causing a sudden increase in supply while demand is low, putting great pressure on the price of goods produced... Most enterprises in these industries are short of orders, many workers have to quit their jobs or work in rotation.

Entering 2024, the garment industry has gradually recovered and is on the path of positive and prosperous growth. According to data from the Hai Duong Provincial Statistics Office, in the first 7 months of 2024, the production index of the garment industry increased by 13.3% over the same period in 2023. Since the beginning of the year, the purchasing power of garments in the world market has gradually improved as major markets have controlled inflation. This has helped many textile and garment enterprises sign orders until the end of the third quarter of 2024, some enterprises have orders until the end of 2024, into 2025. In addition, some enterprises have expanded their factories such as Tinh Loi 3 project, Best Pacific Company Limited, Ngan Tuong International Company Limited... also contributing to increasing the industry's output.