January 25, 2012
Consumer demand for holiday goods and transportation will grow 10 percent from last year, according to a government forecast that urged authorities to monitor and stabilize prices. Asia’s fastest inflation is the last thing on Tran Hang’s mind as she jostles fellow shoppers at a street stall in Hanoi’s Old Quarter to snap up [...]
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March 12, 2011
A woman passes by a Volkswagen’s showroom on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street, Ho Chi Minh City. Part of Vietnamese population is willing to spend a fortune on luxurious goods, while a majority is striving against harsh inflation There are always going to be people who can’t see the forest for the trees. But when [...]
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January 15, 2011
People who spend more than two hours per day of leisure time watching television or sitting in front of a screen face double the risk of heart disease and higher risk of dying, a new study said. Researchers said the effect was seen regardless of how much people exercised, indicating that how we choose [...]
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February 4, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has suggested two options for electricity price increases, either by 10.7 percent or 6.8 percent. According to the director of the Price Control Agency Nguyen Tien Thoa, his agency has submitted a report suggesting they raise electricity prices by either 10.7 percent or 6.9 percent from the [...]
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January 17, 2010
Two tourists walk past a travel agent in Ho Chi Minh City. At a time when the Vietnamese diaspora heads home to celebrate Tet, the Lunar New Year, the trend of going abroad for the holiday has strengthened over the last few years. For many people, especially youths and the nouveaux riches, Tet has become [...]
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January 14, 2010
LookAtVietnam – More and more Vietnamese universities are encouraging students to head abroad as a way of preparing them for their future careers. Students of Van Hien University in JapanBui Van Khuong, a student of Thai Nguyen Agriculture and Forestry University, said that he has had an informative spell in Israel. “I have been so impressed [...]
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January 2, 2010
Pressure to perform well at school tops the list of grouses Vietnamese children have against their parents, a national writing contest has managed to find out. Student at an elementary school in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8.“Dear Mom and Dad, I want to say â¦,” launched by Hanoi-based book distributor Thai Ha, received nearly [...]
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January 2, 2010
Student at an elementary school in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 8. Pressure to perform well at school tops the list of grouses Vietnamese children have against their parents, a national writing contest has managed to find out. âDear Mom and Dad, I want to say â¦,â launched by Hanoi-based book distributor Thai Ha, received [...]
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January 2, 2010
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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December 26, 2009
A group of my Vietnamese friends from the US headed by Duong Quang Chan, a businessman, arrived in Ha Noi this week to start a New Year trans-Viet Nam tour . . . Waterfall: A corner of Ban Gioc Waterfall, in the northern province of Cao Bang’s Trung Khanh District, is one of the most [...]
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