Posts Tagged ‘ Their Prices ’

Input cost rise makes export growth unprofitable 

October 30, 2011
Input cost rise makes export growth unprofitable 

Foreign visitors examine Vietnamese wood products at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City. The demand for garments and woodwork is expected to fall as the global recession continues. Exports are growing and their prices are rising, but a faster rise in input costs is canceling export profits. Exporters worry that the development is expected [...]

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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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Consumers left out of price law proposal 

June 12, 2011
Consumers left out of price law proposal 

A woman with children shops at a supermarket in Hanoi. Experts have criticized a new draft law on prices, saying it does not mention anything about consumer rights. The proposed law on prices as currently written has raised concerns among business groups about more controls on pricing. In addition, experts complain that the new law [...]

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Fuel traders ask for lower import taxes 

November 25, 2010
Fuel traders ask for lower import taxes 

Vietnam has ordered fuel traders to keep their prices stable The Vietnamese Finance Ministry has said some petrol importers have asked for import tax cuts as they find it difficult to keep prices stable as ordered by the government. They said import taxes for gasoline at 17 percent and for diesel and kerosene at 10 percent are high [...]

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Food prices rise as Tet looms

February 4, 2010
Food prices rise as Tet looms

LookAtVietnam – With the Tet shopping season approaching, the prices of many items have risen in traditional markets in major cities. At Ben Thanh Market, processed and dried foods like gio cha (pork pastes), gio thu (pig’s head paste), dried shrimp and cuttlefish, lotus seed, cashew nut, and chestnut have all skyrocketed.Dried shrimp, for instance, [...]

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Contain milk prices, finance ministry orders

January 14, 2010
Contain milk prices, finance ministry orders

The Finance Ministry has ordered concerned agencies to take necessary steps to contain milk prices nationwide and punish those responsible for undue escalations. The order comes after some distributors raised prices despite a government policy to stabilize the market for the Tet (Lunar New Year) season.In a note sent to city and provincial governments, the [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/12

December 8, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/12

Vietnam promotes tourism in France, Taiwan; Price of essential goods still stable; Gold down from historic high on dollar recovery In reaction to rumours that a lot of essential goods in Ho Chi Minh City have seen a rapid increase in their price along with the increase in prices of petrol and oil, gold and [...]

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New fuel-pricing policy grants sellers more leniency

October 17, 2009
New fuel-pricing policy grants sellers more leniency

Fuel traders will not have to ask for permission to increase retail prices if the government-calculated base price rises 7 percent or less. Under the new pricing mechanism, oil products companies will be allowed to raise retail prices correspondingly if the base price rises by no more than 7 percent, the government said on its [...]

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New fuel-pricing policy grants sellers more leniency

October 17, 2009
New fuel-pricing policy grants sellers more leniency

Fuel traders will not have to ask for permission to increase retail prices if the government-calculated base price rises 7 percent or less, according to a new decree effective December 15 this year. Under the new pricing mechanism, oil products companies will be allowed to raise retail prices correspondingly if the base price rises by [...]

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Fuel traders call for less government control

September 23, 2009
Fuel traders call for less government control

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam should develop a market-based fuel pricing system and stop focusing on revenues for the state budget, said local fuel traders seeking for more freedom in doing business.Bui Ngoc Bao, general director of state-owned Petrolimex, which holds up to 60 percent of the market share, said although the government has stopped subsidizing fuel [...]

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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...