January 8, 2012
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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December 12, 2011
A man having a compass tattoo on Bui Vien Street. Ho Chi Minh City with the believing it could guide him and stop him from getting lost Not too long ago, they were more than a rarity, they were simply not there. Today, nearly 20 tattoo shops have registered in Ho Chi Minh City’s backpacker [...]
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September 27, 2011
Mobs of hundreds of racers continue to roar through the city on weekends, with some hitting traffic police or luring them into fatal traps An illegal motorbike race on Chu Van An Street in Ho Chi Minh City. Police say illegal street races have become more common in recent months. The death of a [...]
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August 7, 2011
Firefights survey the burnt-out shell of a carpet showroom on High Road in Tottenham, north London on August 7. Emergency services worked to restore order to a London district Sunday after rioters torched vehicles and buildings and looted shops there in response to the fatal shooting of a local man by police. Eight injured police [...]
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June 23, 2011
A fire that broke out at the Vinh wholesale market in Nghe An Province destroyed more than 100 shops Monday night (Photo by VnExpress). A devastating fire broke out at north-central Vietnam’s largest wholesale market in Nghe An Province on Monday night, reducing 122 shops to ashes. No casualties have been reported. Â Witnesses said [...]
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June 1, 2011
Phone shops frequently recycle the personal information of one person to register multiple phone numbers Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications is drafting regulations that will ban the resale of registered sim cards, an official said. The new rule is an attempt to restore order on the telecom market and make sure all mobile phone numbers, especially [...]
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December 13, 2010
Swiss President Pascal Couchepin visits an antique shop in Le Cong Kieu st. during his trip to Vietnam in August 2008. Poke your head into the various nooks and crannies of Le Cong Kieu Street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, and you’ll be faced with a dilemma: real or fake? The area bordered [...]
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December 7, 2010
A tailor shop on Tran Phu Street in Hoi An. Backpackers and vacationers alike are beckoned by world-class tailors promising custom-made clothing in a day or less. In Hoi An, mannequins in billowy evening gowns, slim pants, and smart jackets are like enchantresses. The mannequins, and the salespeople who follow you down the streets, catalogues [...]
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January 30, 2010
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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January 29, 2010
LookAtVietnam – HCM City’s black market has become more busy than ever, as now is the kieu hoi (overseas remittance) and travel season. The year’s end is always time for overseas Vietnamese to remit money to their relatives so that they can enjoy Tet. Those who receive kieu hoi sell dollars for dong to make [...]
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