December 5, 2011
Five private airlines have been licensed in Vietnam since 2007, but each of them is struggling to take off, with one having already crash-landed. Air Mekong operates flights while VietJet Air is expected to commence services late this December after many delays. But the others are finding it hard to launch or, in the [...]
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November 19, 2011
A worker walking a bicycle loaded with construction steel on his way to a construction site in Hanoi The frozen property market and high interest rates have pushed steel producers into the red and some even face the risk of shutting down their business. Pham Chi Cuong, chairman of the Vietnam Steel Association, said [...]
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September 24, 2011
A poultry trader carries chickens on his way to a local market in Ho Chi Minh City. Foreign firms are dominating the local animal feed and livestock breeding market. Foreign businesses hold most of the animal feed and livestock breeding market share and are working together to increase prices, according to local industry advocates. “While [...]
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July 14, 2011
Of the 12,000 rehabilitated drug users that have returned to Ho Chi Minh City in the first six months of this year, more than 70 percent have found jobs, according to the municipal social affairs department.  During the same period, 2,724 addicts relapsed and 825 were convicted of committing a crime, the department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said in a statement released on Friday. [...]
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February 4, 2010
Vietnamese footwear companies said they plan to increase their local market share to 50 percent this year, up from 30 percent currently. According to the Hanoi-based Leather and Shoe Research Institute, 130 million pairs of shoes are sold in the country every year, but foreign products are account for 70 percent of the total figure. [...]
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February 4, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese footwear producers have set up an ambitious plan of gaining 50 percent of the domestic market share in 2010, far exceeding the current level of 30 percent. According to the Leather and Shoes Research Institute, Vietnamese people use 130 million pairs of shoes per annum, or 1.5 pairs per person per annum. [...]
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January 25, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Tet will come only in three weeks, but nearly all kumquat and peach trees in the gardens of the famous flower villages have been sold. People, who drop into flower villages of Nhat Tan, Tu Lien and Dong Ngac now see small plates hanging over many kumquat and peach trees saying “sold.” A gardener [...]
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January 22, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Though commercial banks still advertise real estate loans, real estate investors are finding it impossible to access them. The reason? Banks simply cannot spare enough cash to lend. General director of VietBank Nguyen Duy Hung said that VietBank is now only giving loans to fund individuals’ purchase of houses for accommodations. They must have [...]
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January 21, 2010
The agriculture ministry aims to supply clean water to 85 percent of population this year but an official is worried the country will face water shortage if the government does not protect the resource. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said it would try to ensure that 70 percent of houses in rural areas [...]
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January 3, 2010
A recent report by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has shown a wide imbalance in the development of Vietnam’s labour market in terms of economic sectors and different geographical regions. LookAtVietnam – A recent report by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has shown a wide imbalance in the [...]
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