Posts Tagged ‘ marketing ’

Competition necessary to develop the arts 

December 31, 2011
Competition necessary to develop the arts 

   The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]

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Clip of UFO sighting in southern Vietnam a gimmick 

August 11, 2011

  An online clip that attracted nearly 500,000 views and speculations of a UFO sighting in Ho Chi Minh City over the past week was a technological gimmick, VnExpress reported Friday. Antoinepallard, nickname of the uploader, on Wednesday posted on YouTube another clip which showed that the flash of flight in his/her previous clip was inspired by [...]

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Noyce urges filmmakers to push and market 

June 5, 2011
Noyce urges filmmakers to push and market 

  During his fourth visit to Vietnam, Phillip Noyce encouraged young filmmakers to expand their boundaries and reconsider the importance of marketing.  Noyce spent ten days in Vietnam speaking with film students and promoting his biography “Backroads to Hollywood” authored by Ingo Petzke—a German film professor. Dressed in casuals, the 61-year-old director managed to beat [...]

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Labor supply grows faster than demand 

November 21, 2010
Labor supply grows faster than demand 

  The online labor market has seen bigger growth in supply than demand in the third quarter of this year. Supply increased 12 percent over the previous quarter while demand is up only 7 percent. Compared to the same period last year, the third quarter of 2010 saw a 34 percent jump in labor demand [...]

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Authorities assail pyramid-schemers 

November 21, 2010
Authorities assail pyramid-schemers 

A market management officer seizes products of a direct sales company in Ho Chi Minh City at the end of last year. Yagho Vietnam was found to engage in false advertising related to the health benefits of its jewelry and clothing products. Local authorities say direct sales firms have violated local laws despite fairly recent [...]

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Year-end electronics and home appliance market less busy than expected

February 4, 2010
Year-end electronics and home appliance market less busy than expected

LookAtVietnam – It is now the high shopping season, but buyers are ignoring electronics and home appliances. Despite many sales promotions, home appliance centres in HCM City these days are not as bustling as expected. Thai Thanh Son, marketing director of Nguyen Kim Trade Company, said that consumers seem to have purchased everything they need a [...]

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Harvard professor to present Vietnam Mobile Awards 2009

February 4, 2010
Harvard professor to present Vietnam Mobile Awards 2009

The Vietnam Mobile Awards 2009 will take place on March 14 in Hanoi, with the presence of a special guest, Professor John A. Quelch, a world leading expert in brands and marketing. Professor John A. Quelch at the Vietnam Mobile Awards 2008. The American professor will make a speech and present the awards. This is the [...]

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Foreign firms milk infant formula market

January 9, 2010
Foreign firms milk infant formula market

Vietnam’s baby formula market was worth VND8 trillion ($421.1 million) in 2008 Many dairy companies have hiked up the prices of infant formula in the new year citing the weaker dong and higher wages, but the government said their huge marketing costs are, in fact, inflating prices. Mead Johnson, Abbott, and Dutch Lady prices are [...]

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Dairy firms reject high promotion costs claim

December 27, 2009
Dairy firms reject high promotion costs claim

Milk producers said they did not spend a lot of money on advertising and marketing and then pass on the costs to consumers, rejecting findings of a recent inspection by the Finance Ministry. The ministry announced December 22 that it found dairy companies spending too much on promotion, pushing retail prices up. According to the [...]

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Ministry of Finance says advertising expenses increase dairy prices

December 23, 2009
Ministry of Finance says advertising expenses increase dairy prices

LookAtVietnam – The costs dairy producers and distributors pay for advertising and marketing are too high. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) in late November completed an inspection on dairy products’ prices and came to the conclusion that the overly high advertising expenses have pushed the prices up. It believes that it is time for producers [...]

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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...