Posts Tagged ‘ Domestic Goods ’

Wanted: Better products, and an even better attitude 

February 18, 2011
Wanted: Better products, and an even better attitude 

An Audi waiting its turn at a gas station in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. My father once told me: “You lose not because your rivals are too strong to be defeated, but because you’re not strong enough to win. So, make yourself strong first.” I think this lesson should be applied to the [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in News | Comments Off

Essential goods face Tet price hike

December 22, 2009
Essential goods face Tet price hike

Customers shop for holiday goods at a Big C supermarket. The prices of both imported and domestic goods are expected to rise in the coming months as Tet (lunar new year) approaches. LookAtVietnam – The price of imported and domestic goods are expected to rise in the months leading up to the Tet festival in [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

Supermarkets launch ‘buy Vietnam!’ promotions

August 31, 2009
Supermarkets launch ‘buy Vietnam!’ promotions

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s supermarkets say that they are happy to support the ‘buy Vietnam’ campaign that the Party has launched to expand consumption of domestic items. Big C in Hanoi is a pioneer in sales promotions for Vietnamese goods.   With its “Buy Vietnam” campaign, 600 items, all made in Vietnam, have been discounted 10 to [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

‘Buy Vietnamese goods’: Necessary to create confidence in Vietnamese goods

August 18, 2009
‘Buy Vietnamese goods’: Necessary to create confidence in Vietnamese goods

LookAtVietnam –  Economist Le Dang Doanh said that in order to persuade Vietnamese consumers to use Vietnamese goods, producers have to provide high-quality products and win consumers’ confidence. Well-known economist Le Dang Doanh Doanh: Launching the ‘Buy Vietnamese goods’ campaign is a right way of thinking. First of all, I think that the Government needs to [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

Government should set an example in the ‘buy Vietnam’ campaign

August 11, 2009
Government should set an example in the ‘buy Vietnam’ campaign

VietNamNet Bridge – The call to use Vietnam’s goods should spur people to find ways to develop inner strength. Senior economist Pham Chi Lan Pham Chi Lan is former Deputy Chairwoman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a former Member of the Prime Minister’s Research Team, and Deputy Director of the Institute for Development [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in In depth, Interviews | Comments Off

Domestic goods still out of favour with Vietnamese consumers

July 31, 2009
Domestic goods still out of favour with Vietnamese consumers

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam-made goods are being threatened by low-cost, low-quality, unsafe goods. This was heard at a workshop on Vietnamese consumers and Vietnam-made goods on July 30 in Da Nang city. Dr Dinh Thi My Loan, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Retailers’ Association, cited the latest statistics released by a market survey firm that [...]

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Business, News | Comments Off

Feature

Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

By

Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...