Pierre Cardin in Vietnam

Pierre Cardin in Vietnam

HANOI (AFP): French fashion retailer Pierre Cardin has found
a new Vietnamese firm to manufacture and distribute its brand,
after a bitter dispute with its previous partner over fakes, an
official said yesterday.

An Phuoc company, a private garment manufacturer in Ho Chi
Minh City, obtained an exclusive license to produce and
distribute Pierre Cardin garments in Indochina including Vietnam,
Laos and Cambodia, the company official said.

The contract will be initially valid for three years, he said.

The local firm is to produce shirts, jackets and other
products bearing the Pierre Cardin label, conforming to the
retailer's standards and under the strict quality supervision of
its experts.

Pierre Cardin ended a franchise contract with its previous
local partner seven months ago after accusing the company of
flooding the local market with cheap fakes.