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Vietnam’s 2008 economic data

Vietnam’s 2008 economic data

Our social economy in 2008 was happening in a background of many complicated and difficult-to-anticipate changes over the world and within the country. World prices of crude oil and other raw materials and commodities increased rapidly in mid-year months that brought about high prices of most of goods in the domestic market. Inflation occurred in [...]

January 10, 2009 | Posted in Monthly Statistical Information | Read More »

Handicraft villages face job cuts, bankruptcy

Handicraft villages face job cuts, bankruptcy

Eleven million workers in the country’s 2,017 handicraft villages lack steady jobs and a stable source of income.
60% of handicraft villages were operational, but 20% operated on a weekly basis and the rest were verging on bankruptcy.
Chairman of the Viet Nam’s Handicraft Villages’ Association Vu Quoc Tuan said 60 per cent of handicraft villages were [...]

January 8, 2009 | Posted in Handicraft | Read More »