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People's Daily Focuses on Best Garment Laos Factory

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2023-09-06

The factory of Best Garment (Laos) Co., Ltd. is located in the comprehensive development zone of saiserta, covering an area of more than 20000 square meters. Entering the factory workshop, the reporter saw that on the production lines, local employees were rushing to make clothing for export to Europe.

People's Daily

September 5 03 Edition Key News Section

Building the Belt and Road • First - hand Report

Focusing on Vientiane Saysettha Comprehensive Development Zone in Laos

Mentions in Particular: Best Garment (Laos) Co., Ltd.

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Report link: https://wap.peopleapp.com/article/7192010/7036540

Excerpts from the Article:

Located within the Saysettha Comprehensive Development Zone, Best Garment (Laos) Co., Ltd.'s factory covers an area of over 20,000 square meters. Stepping into the workshop, reporters saw local employees working diligently on production lines to manufacture garments for export to Europe.

Sun Linhua, General Manager of Best Garment (Laos) Co., Ltd., told reporters, "We have introduced advanced automated cutting machines, computerized sewing equipment, and other facilities. With 25 Chinese management staff providing training and guidance, we've adopted lean production management and manufacturing execution systems, striving to build a top-tier garment factory in Laos."

Best Garment Group, headquartered in Jiangsu, China, had previously established factories in Yangon, Myanmar, and Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia. Two years ago, the group came to Laos and set up a factory in the Saysettha Comprehensive Development Zone. The factory has built 40 production lines, employs 2,000 workers, and has a designed annual production capacity of 20 million sets of various knitted garments, with products sold to markets in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

Lida, a Lao employee from Xayaboury Province in northwestern Laos, had never been exposed to modern production equipment before joining the factory. However, she quickly mastered the operation techniques through training. "Working here comes with job security. We get meal subsidies, and the company covers the costs of dormitory accommodation and utilities. After setting aside some pocket money, I can send most of my salary back home. I hope Xayaboury will also have such modern factories in the future," said Lida.

The Saysettha Comprehensive Development Zone is functionally positioned as a "One City, Four Zones" model – namely, a new industrial eco-city for Vientiane, a carrier zone for international production capacity cooperation, a demonstration zone for China-Laos cooperative development, a core zone of Vientiane's new urban area, and a livable zone featuring harmonious living environments. Currently, the zone has attracted 131 enterprises from multiple countries and regions including China, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand, with total investments exceeding USD 1.5 billion and employing 6,000 workers. Once all currently settled enterprises reach full production capacity, the zone is projected to generate an annual output value exceeding USD 1.8 billion and create over 10,000 job opportunities.

Joint ventures such as the China-Laos Railway Co., Ltd., Bede Garment (Laos) Co., Ltd., Lao-Union Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., and New Hope (Laos) Co., Ltd. carry the hopes of Laos' industrialization. "The development zone has attracted a number of renowned enterprises, helping Laos fill gaps in multiple manufacturing sectors—including electronics manufacturing, biopharmaceuticals, agricultural product processing, and textile processing—while significantly boosting the country’s industrial development,"said Tonglor, Director of the Investment Service Center at the Saysettha Comprehensive Development Zone.

Best Garment Group Laos Factory

As a strategic gateway on China's Maritime Silk Road, Laos boasts exceptional geopolitical advantages among ASEAN nations. It serves as a key hub for China's connectivity strategy with ASEAN and stands as a vital fulcrum along the Belt and Road Initiative.

To better support our clients' global objectives, Best (Laos) Garment Factory—a 2,000-strong production base—officially commenced operations in September 2021. This strategic initiative is designed to enhance the international competitiveness of Best Garment Group.

Since the establishment of Best Laos Factory, senior leaders of the Lao government have made multiple visits to conduct research and inspections, which has brought tremendous encouragement and strength to Best.

Best has always adhered to the "going global" strategy, striving to create a win-win model of synchronized domestic and international development with complementary advantages. Meanwhile, the company continues to integrate resources, optimize management, expand its business scale, and accelerate industry layout, committed to writing a new chapter in its international development.

▲ Bounthong Chitmany, Vice President of the Lao PDR, Visited Best Laos Factory

Dr. Xaysomphone Phomvihane, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of the National Assembly of Laos, Led a Delegation to Visit Best Laos Factory