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Discount sales woo inflation-weary shoppers 

January 8, 2012
Discount sales woo inflation-weary shoppers 

A clothes shop offers discount of 50 percent in Hanoi. Vietnamese consumers like to purchase products on sale, a survey has found. All major retailers have been offering attractive discounts to encourage recession-wary shoppers to loosen their purse strings for the festive season, and the initial response has been positive. The discount sales began prior [...]

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Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

November 26, 2011
Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

  A woman pulls shopping carts through the aisle of a Target store on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling [...]

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Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

November 25, 2011
Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

  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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Vietnam home shopping company fined, fake goods destroyed 

June 24, 2011
Vietnam home shopping company fined, fake goods destroyed 

  Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City said Tuesday they have fined a local home shopping company VND451.5 million (US$21,970) for selling smuggled and fake goods.   Under the decision issued by the HCMC People’s Committee, the Happy Shopping Company has also had its illegal goods confiscated and destroyed, including over 13,000 cosmetic products and [...]

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Japanese retailers seek opportunities in Vietnam 

June 22, 2011
Japanese retailers seek opportunities in Vietnam 

C.T Plaza shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Binh District The Japan Retailers Association has met with officials of Vietnamese C.T Group to discuss cooperation and retail opportunities in both countries. The goal of the cooperation is to bring famous Japanese products into Vietnam, the Saigon Times news website reported Friday. C.T Group [...]

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Vietnam set for explosion in netizen population 

May 3, 2011
Vietnam set for explosion in netizen population 

Customers enjoy a drink while others browse the Internet at an Internet café in Hanoi. Come nightfall, Do Tri Dung can be found playing online games at his home in Hanoi. “Sometimes it’s the only interesting entertainment after a day’s work,” said the 24-year-old, who has been playing online games for the past four years. [...]

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Parkson takes over high-end shopping mall 

January 19, 2011
Parkson takes over high-end shopping mall 

Shoppers at the newly reopened Saigon Paragon in Ho Chi Minh City's District 7. Malaysian retailer Parkson has taken over the management of Saigon Paragon, a high-end department store in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 that closed last year for lack of business. The shopping mall reopened on Saturday, after a closure of more than three months. [...]

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Tết Market 

January 15, 2011
Tết Market 

Bronze work at Chợ Viềng, an annual Tết market in the northern province of Nam Dinh. The approach of T ế t (Lunar New Year) is marked by an abundance of decorations in the street and traditional food in the shops. You can almost smell the coming Lunar New Year. For Vietnamese people, Tết is [...]

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Brand new second hand

January 30, 2010
Brand new second hand

LookAtVietnam – Second hand goods are purchased in China and smuggled into Vietnam where more and more consumers are happy to buy genuine goods at discount prices. LookAtVietnam – Second hand goods are purchased in China and smuggled into Vietnam where more and more consumers are happy to buy genuine goods at discount prices. Pham [...]

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Buyers find claws in Year of the Tiger

January 2, 2010
Buyers find claws in Year of the Tiger

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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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...