US, EU garment markets narrowed, Vietnamese companies focus on Japan
 
                                    Statistics from the General Department of Customs showed that in the first six months of the year, export turnover of garments sent to Japan was USD 440 million, an increase of 22 percent over the same period of 2009.
Horikoshi, a Japanese fashion designer, said that Vietnam  now has a big opportunity to conquer Japan 
Under the agreement, those Vietnamese enterprises which use fabric sourced from Japan 
Currently, Japan China  in the low-cost product market in Japan 
In fact, Japan 
Horikoshi has advised Vietnamese enterprises to carefully study the demands and tastes of Japanese to provide Vietnam-made products with suitable designs. The consumption demand of Japanese consumers has seen some changes: the country tends to import many products and in smaller quantities rather than few products and in big quantities.
He has given some advice on the fashion trend in the coming years, saying that the designs should come from feelings from nature and traditional costumes, or from economic or political events. For example, the fact that the US , for the first time, has a coloured president, has kicked off a wave of African-style fashion in the US 
According to Vu Van Trung, Trade Cousellor to Japan , exports of garments sent to Japan 
Trung said that trade counsellors and Horikoshi will visit some workshops specialising in exporting garments to Japan 
In an effort to boost exports to Japan 
Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Garment Association Le Van Dao said that if the current export growth rate continues, garment exports to Japan 
                                    
