# Apparel Brands Aim to Make Southeast Asia a Fashion Hub

Author: Jim.Robinson
Published: 2010-03-18
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*The Nation*

*Petchanet Pratruangkrai*

Twenty leading global apparel brands will gather in Thailand in June to participate in business matching with Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) textile and garment manufacturers in a bid to promote Southeast Asia as a fashion hub.

The project is under the Source Asean Full Service Alliance (Safsa), aimed at encouraging development of Asean fashion industries. It will also make Asean a manufacturing base for international textile and garment suppliers.

Asean itself has great potential to become a global supplier of garments and textiles, thanks to tariff elimination under the Asean Free-Trade Agreement.

Well-known brand names scheduled to attend include Marks & Spencer, H&M, Mango, Polo Ralph Lauren, Guess and VF. Asean partner manufacturers will come mainly from Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Burma and Vietnam.

*(Story found in original format* [*here*](http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/03/04/business/Business-matching-for-Asean-textile-30123887.html)*.)*