Vietnam eyes bigger footwear export in 2007

Vietnam has targeted to gain footwear export earnings of 3.9-4 billion U.S. dollars this year, up from nearly 3.6 billion dollars in the year 2006, according to sources from the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso) on Monday.

To this end, the Lefaso is encouraging footwear producers in Vietnam to diversify products, and produce more sport and cloth shoes, and slippers.

Vietnamese footwear producers and exporters are also intensifying tapping traditional markets such as the European Union (EU) and the United States, and boosting export to new ones with big purchasing power like Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Russia.

Vietnam has planned to reap footwear export revenue of 6.2-6.5 billion dollars in 2010.

Source: Xinhua