Vietnam Sourcing Report: Baby & Children's Toys & Garments shows 100 percent of makers anticipate export growth in 2010

Online, March 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - HANOI, Mar. 29, 2010 - The non-profit Kearny Alliance has released the Vietnam Sourcing Report: Baby & Children's Toys & Garments to give global buyers access to qualified suppliers in Vietnam. The report is published with the support of Global Sources as part of its corporate social responsibility.
The report includes profiles of 32 manufacturers, plus descriptions, prices and packaging details for 96 best-selling export products. Products range from activity, learning and discovery toys to baby wear, casual apparel and swimwear.
"Vietnam's baby and children's garment and toys makers benefit from the country's most important export sectors: apparel and wooden products," said Alexander Boome, program director of The Kearny Alliance.
"For the baby and children's wear sector, suppliers ensure consistent quality by using automated production lines with imported machinery. Baby and children toys benefit from the country's long tradition of quality hand craftsmanship and unique designs."
Survey results show makers target EU; highlight product and price trends
The survey of Vietnam manufacturers of baby and children's toys and garments featured in the report shows:
* 100 percent are optimistic of export growth;
* 59 percent of makers will maintain quotes for the next year;
* 50 percent will target the EU market; and,
* 56 percent will focus on more colorful patterns and designs.

One export manufacturer featured in the report, Duong Thi Phuong Hien, director of Asia Crafts, said: "We are starting to have good sale leads from various buyers. We expect to convert into real orders soon. This Kearny Alliance / Global Sources program is a good chance for us to achieve our goal of sale growth for 2010."

More sources for global buyers, more export sales, more jobs created
"Each supplier featured in the Digital and print sourcing report also has a website on Global Sources Online for marketing exposure to buyers worldwide," Boome said. "This provides buyers with information of export suppliers' new products and capabilities in whatever format they prefer.

"Through this powerful combination of online and print marketing, we help create jobs in developing economies through export promotion and advance the mission of The Kearny Alliance: Aid through Trade."

The Vietnam Sourcing Report: Baby & Children's Toys & Garments is one of a series of Developing Country Sourcing Reports.
Other Sourcing Reports available online are:
* VIETNAM: Ceramic & Porcelain, Garments, Home Decor, Fashion Accessories, Lawn & Garden, Lacquer ware, Indoor & Outdoor Furniture
* INDIA: Glass & Metal Tableware, Fashion Accessories, Garments, Craft & Promotional Gifts
* CAMBODIA: Silk Fashion Accessories
* PHILIPPINES: Home & Garden Decor, Fashion Jewelry, Christmas Decorations, Indoor & Outdoor Furniture
* INDONESIA: Indoor & Outdoor Furniture, Footwear
* SOUTHEAST ASIA: Indoor & Outdoor Furniture

About The Kearny Alliance
The Kearny Alliance , a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) foundation based in Scottsdale, Arizona, partners with other international organizations to further its mission of Aid through Trade, to advance international development and poverty alleviation through trade-related business education, training and applied research.

About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business uses English-language media to facilitate trade from Greater China to the world. The other business segment utilizes Chinese-language media to enable companies to sell to, and within Greater China.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 888,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 240 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.5 million products and more than 253,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 80 sourcing research reports and 17 specialized trade shows which run 55 times a year across 10 cities.

Suppliers receive more than 136 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 39 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 60 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has about 2,500 team members in more than 40 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for its Chinese-language media.

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