The Ministry of light industry and Commerce of the Ministry of industry and Commerce said that

There are more than 450 in the country.

and

There are 16 state-owned enterprises, 214 private enterprises, 20 joint ventures and more than 200 foreign-funded enterprises. The average monthly salary of such enterprises is still lower than that of other industries, with the labor force in the north from 1 million to 1 million 500 thousand shields (about 88 US dollars), while in the south it is 1 million 350 thousand to 2 million shields (about 117 dollars).

The main reason is that the canal and so on receive very low salary and doubt. In the future, the production and operation of these industries will be faced with more difficulties. Especially for foreign-funded enterprises engaged in footwear production and operation, they need to face the plagued by lack of labor, short supply of raw materials and raw materials in the domestic market and rising purchasing power.