January 11, 2012
 A man works at a steel factory in Que Vo District, outside Hanoi . Many companies in Vietnam are facing higher operation costs and lower profits. An annual report that ranks Vietnam’s 500 largest companies based on revenues, profit, growth rate, assets, and number of employees shows that returns are declining for private companies. [...]
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January 28, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Though DAV has prohibited pharmaceuticals producers and drugstores to raise prices, consumers’ medicine costs have been quietly escalating. The latest survey conducted from December 20, 2009 to January 20, 2010 by the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Association (VPMA) showed that 32 foreign-made medicines out of 5,760 surveyed products (0.55 percent) have increased in price [...]
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January 21, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified a scheme to develop a team of lawyers to serve the country’s international integration between 2010 and 2020. Following recent discussions with lawyers, PM Nguyen Tan Dung said that since 2001, the number of lawyers has risen by 250 percent. VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen [...]
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January 2, 2010
TNS Vietnam, Kantar Worldpanel and Kantar Media have identified several key trends that will influence consumerism in 2010. One year ago, Vietnam was marred in its first recession in modern history and the prospects of the average consumer were looking bleak. Twelve months later, it appears that Vietnamese consumers seem to have weathered “the perfect [...]
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November 17, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Imported food prices have stabilized after a 10 percent increase. Importers now warn that the prices will increase again towards the year’s end. Tran Van Toan, Director of Thien Vuong Food Company, an importer and distributor of dairy products and pork, beef, chicken and lamb products from Australia and New Zealand in Hanoi, [...]
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July 7, 2009
A lot of universities have reported losses for the recent university entrance exam, but they still don’t know what to do to avoid losses next exam season. The number of ‘virtual examinees’ reportedly accounted for 32 percent of the total examinees this exam season, which means that 308,000 of 930,255 students registered to take university [...]
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June 3, 2009
The HCM City People’s Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan has told relevant agencies to study the impact of climate change on the city and given his consent to a US$640 million scheme for flood control, according to the statement released recently. LookAtVietnam – The HCM City People’s Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan has told relevant [...]
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June 3, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City is one of the 10 cities in the world most vulnerable to climate change along with Dacca in Bangladesh, Shengzhen and Guangdong in China, Bangkok in Thailand, and Yangon in Myanmar. LookAtVietnam – Ho Chi Minh City is one of the 10 cities in the world most vulnerable to climate change [...]
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June 2, 2009
Domestic market motivates growth; Plan brews for alcohol, beverage industry; Produce exporters need to up game; Green residential project planned; Vietnam joins Algiers international trade fair Customers shop at the Cho Lon Supermarket in Can Tho. Domestic consumer spending has risen recently.Domestic market consumption has risen recently, creating the possibility that the domestic market may [...]
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June 1, 2009
Ho Chi Minh City is one of the 10 cities in the world most vulnerable to climate change along with Dacca in Bangladesh, Shengzhen and Guangdong in China, Bangkok in Thailand, and Yangon in Myanmar. The remark was made by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in a press release for the World [...]
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