Posts Tagged ‘ manufacturers ’

Foreign firms corner Vietnam’s husbandry industry 

September 24, 2011
Foreign firms corner Vietnam’s husbandry industry 

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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Shoe exporters look to home market

February 7, 2010
Shoe exporters look to home market

Workers of the Binh Dinh Footwear Co make shoes for export. Vietnamese footwear manufacturers need to focus on domestic market due to a downturn in footwear exports.LookAtVietnam – A downturn in footwear exports and loss of competitive edge has prompted Vietnamese footwear manufacturers to focus on brand recognition and the long-neglected domestic market.“The nation is [...]

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Vietnam’s top five automobile performers of 2009

January 14, 2010
Vietnam’s top five automobile performers of 2009

LookAtVietnam – The total turnover of all the 16 members of VAMA in 2009 showed a shared growth rate of seven percent in comparison with 2008.   Statistics provided by VAMA showed that there were two distinct groups. While the first showed sharp falls in 2009, the other saw an equally sharp increase ifor the [...]

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Foreign auto influx challenges domestic manufacturers

December 22, 2009
Foreign auto influx challenges domestic manufacturers

LookAtVietnam – A lot of foreign automobile manufacturers are bringing their products to sell in Vietnam, providing fierce competition with domestic products. Four international auto brand names have appeared in Vietnam within just the last two months. China’s Dong Feng in early November 2009 signed a cooperation agreement with a Vietnamese company, under which the Dong [...]

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Auto industry hindered by foreign capitalists

December 17, 2009
Auto industry hindered by foreign capitalists

VietNamNet Bridge – “We made a mistake when we decided to rely on capitalists to build our automobile industry,” asserted an expert. In building an automobile industry, technology, not policy, is decisive. We are now purchasing car parts for assembly in Vietnam. Therefore, we only have the assembly technology, not production technology. Tien Phong: Foreign [...]

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Vietnam car makers unhappy with chosen strategic model

December 12, 2009
Vietnam car makers unhappy with chosen strategic model

Vietnam’s national car association has expressed its disapproval of a recent proposal by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to promote cars with 6-9 seats and small engines as the country’s strategic product line. The Vietnam Auto Manufacturers’ Association said in a letter to the government that while it was necessary to identify a priority [...]

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Auto local content strategy is a bust

December 10, 2009
Auto local content strategy is a bust

LookAtVietnam – Finance Ministry inspectors have found that the localization strategy on which Vietnam has put high hopes has fallen far short of its goals. Most major dailies carried stories December 10 reporting the findings of a Finance Ministry inspection of six foreign-controlled plants that assemble automobiles for the Vietnamese market.  The data in this [...]

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Auto manufacturers threaten to raise prices because of expensive dollar

November 26, 2009
Auto manufacturers threaten to raise prices because of expensive dollar

VietNamNet Bridge – The dong/dollar exchange rate increase has caused concerns in the car industry. The official dong/dollar rate announced by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) rose from 17,000 dong to 17,034 dong per dollar over the last 45 days, since October 10. On November 25, the exchange rate quoted by commercial banks was 17,886 [...]

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Motor show – it’s not easy being green in Vietnam

November 24, 2009
Motor show – it’s not easy being green in Vietnam

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Motor Show 2009 officially closed on November 23 afternoon after an exhibition that was just a little greener in its ambitions. While greener hybrid cars are already huge sellers overseas – such vehicles are yet to catch on in Vietnam as high prices put them out of reach of most [...]

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More seats, less gas the way to go

November 22, 2009
More seats, less gas the way to go

A customer at a Ford showroom in Ho Chi Minh City. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has chosen cars with 6-9 seats and engines smaller than 1.5 liters as the strategic product line for Vietnam’s auto industry, which will benefit from various tax incentives. In a proposal submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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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...