Đặng Phương Dung, the chair of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association, has noted that weaving and dyeing projects in Vietnam have failed to receive licenses due to their high risk of environmental pollution. Furthermore, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has a development strategy for the textile and garment sector to increase fabric production to 2,000,000 metric tons by 2020, and fiber production is targeted to increase to 500,000 metric tons in 2015 and 650,000 metric tons by 2020.