January 28, 2010
LookAtVietnam – News that Toyota in the US has halted selling eight models due to accelerator and pedal problems have made many Vietnamese consumers puzzled. The eight models are RAV4 2009-2010, Corolla 2009-2010, Camry 2007-2010, Matrix 2009-2010, Avalon 2005-2010, Highlander 2010, Tundra 2007-2010 and Sequoia 2008-2010. For Vietnam, of most concern is that the Camry and [...]
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November 14, 2009
Ho Ngoc Ha (L), Nguyen Hung They are behind the scenes all the time, but they shape the face that is presented to the outside world. Not surprisingly, their skills and insights are more used by celebrities than the commoner, and the more they are sought after by the rich and famous, the more their [...]
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November 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Japanese companies rely on smaller companies to produce the parts they build into high-tech products, but they’re finding it hard to find such suppliers. What can Vietnamese businesses supply? Japanese manufacturers and experts are saying that Vietnam needs to learn to produce more of the parts and components that go into the goods assembled [...]
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October 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – State President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Hanoi on October 3, successfully concluding his trip to attend top-level UN sessions. In an interview granted to reporters accompanying Mr Triet’s delegation, Deputy Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung said that the visit added fresh impetus to the development of Vietnam’s cooperation with Cuba and Chile [...]
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August 9, 2009
Although Vietnam has a treasure of abundant and diverse sources of pharmaceutical materials, including nearly 4,000 herbal plants, the country’s pharmaceutical industry depends on material imported from China. A technician determines the quality of active element 10 DAB III and Taxol from Taxaceae via chromatography analysis (Photo: SGGP)LookAtVietnam – Although Vietnam has a treasure of [...]
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July 28, 2009
Mergers and acquisitions in banking sector to increase; Standard Chartered: Government fiscal stimulus package boosts economy; Almost 130 Thai businesses to exhibit in Vietnam; Big domestic energy groups hook up Ten Vietnamese businesses have been listed in the Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500 by the Retail Asia Magazine. These include the Saigon Jewelry Holding Company (SJC), [...]
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July 16, 2009
Businesses have been criticized for relying on the American dollar for making payments, instead of using a range of hard currencies. Expert advisors are fond of telling businesses, especially companies engaged in foreign trade, to use more than one currency in settling their foreign accounts. Diversifying to include the Japanese yen or the Euro would [...]
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July 6, 2009
The Southern Bus Station in Hanoi. Fares are due to rise as a result of petrol price hikes.LookAtVietnam – Prices of commodities in supermarkets will remain unchanged in the next few weeks, while transport companies will adjust their charges in the wake of the petrol and oil price hike of VND500-700 per litre on July [...]
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June 25, 2009
Following the big sale campaign earlier this year, when the prices of apartments were lowered by 30-50 percent, real estate developers have just kicked off a new big sale campaign. On June 24, more than 100 apartments of Blue Sapphire project in Binh Phu new urban area in district 6 were officially put on sale. [...]
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June 22, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Viettel last week sent an urgent dispatch to government agencies accusing MobiFone of violating the laws on commerce, advertising and advertising, directly affecting Viettel’s interests. In the dispatch sent to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Competition Control Agency and the Ministry of Information and Communications’ investigating body on June 17, Viettel said that [...]
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