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Vietnamese firms allowed to make military uniforms for other countries

Xinhua, September 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Vietnamese apparel firms will be permitted to bid for outsourcing contracts to supply uniforms to military forces of other countries, local online newspaper Tuoi Tre (Youth) News reported on Tuesday.

Local firms had sought permission to make, supply and export uniforms for foreign military forces, and Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has given them the nod, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a document sent to its national defense and public security counterparts.

The ministry is soliciting advice from these counterparts to issue a joint circular on what requirements firms should meet to be allowed to sign military uniform manufacturing contracts with foreign customers.

It is expected that Vietnamese businesses will have to submit an application to the ministry if they want to bid for such contracts, according to the document.

The ministry will then seek consent from its national defense and public security counterparts using the information included in the application of the apparel firms, before granting them a license. Endi