January 25, 2012
Consumer demand for holiday goods and transportation will grow 10 percent from last year, according to a government forecast that urged authorities to monitor and stabilize prices. Asia’s fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang’s mind as she jostles fellow shoppers at a street stall in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to snap up [...]
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November 25, 2011
A man loads a flat screen television into his car on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Bargain hunters flocked to stores late Thursday and overnight Friday, searching for deals on big screen televisions, video games and toys while fretting about their own shaky economic well-being. Some stores, [...]
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December 11, 2010
 Two tourists prepares for kite surfing on a beach of the coastal resort town of Phan Thiet. The tourism industry is projected to generate US$4.6 billion this year, according to local tourist authorities. Travel firms reported an increasing demand for domestic and outbound tours on Christmas and New Year holidays this year. Many cited [...]
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July 29, 2009
The environment won a temporary reprieve in the recession as Americans slammed the brakes on one of their favorite pastimes: consuming stuff. But while the austerity brought by a battered economy has cut pollution, it has also hit investment in green technology, which could damage the environment in the longer term, experts say.âCertainly, in the [...]
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June 26, 2009
A worker harvests coffee cherries on a farm in the main coffee-growing area of Dak Lak Province in the Central Highlands. Vietnamâs trade deficit narrowed in the first half, as companies slashed purchases from abroad amid the worst global recession since the Great Depression. The shortfall shrank 85 percent to US$2.11 billion, from $14.39 billion [...]
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June 18, 2009
Students sit the 2008 university entrance exams at Trung Vuong High School in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. An unexpected surge in the number of admission applications has forced second-tier universities to seek far and wide for rooms to hold the entrance exams in early July. The less prestigious universities were so swamped with [...]
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April 26, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A surge in imports reduced Viet Nam’s trade surplus in the first four months of the year to US$800 million. LookAtVietnam – A surge in imports reduced Viet Nam’s trade surplus in the first four months of the year to US$800 million.The country spent $17.8 billion on imports compared with $11.8 billion in [...]
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April 8, 2009
VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has estimated that seafood exports by mid March had decreased by 8% in quality and quantity compared to the same period last year. The global economic recession has led to a lower demand in most key export markets. The value of seafood exported [...]
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March 25, 2009
A worker puts gold bullion in plastic covers at Saigon Jewelry Company in Ho Chi Minh City. The trade balance swung into surplus in the first quarter as the country managed to post an increase in exports amid the global recession. The country reported a trade surplus of US$1.65 billion (see box), compared with a [...]
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March 15, 2009
The Trung Hoa-Nhan Chinh urban area in Ha Noi. The Ha Noi real estate market has shown signs of recovering from last year’s slump, with the number of transactions last month tripling the pace set in the closing months of 2008.LookAtVietnam – The Ha Noi real estate market has shown signs of recovering from last [...]
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