“The strategy is to sustainably improve the quality and quantity of Vietnamese coffee as well as incomes of coffee growers.” Nestlé recently announced a $270 million investment to build a new coffee factory in southern Dong Nai province’s Amata Industrial Park. The new facility will produce Nescafe for both local consumption and export, and will [...]
Sep 27 2011 | Posted in
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The baby formula prices have been decreasing significantly in the world market, but the prices are getting more and more expensive in the domestic market. State management agencies, which have been criticized for inability to control the domestic prices, now continue staying… powerless. The bulletin released by the US Department of Agriculture on September 16 [...]
Sep 24 2011 | Posted in
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Ho Chi Minh City-based law firm Bross&Partners Law Co has cautioned the Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association that the Phu Quoc fish sauce trademark has been registered by a local firm in Hong Kong. Le Quang Vinh, director of the law firm’s Intellectual Property Department, said despite the geographical indication which allows only fish-sauce makers [...]
Sep 22 2011 | Posted in
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Various milk brands such as Friesland Campina Vietnam, Dumex, Nestlé and XO have raised prices on their milk products by 4-15 percent in September, giving as yet no clear explanation for doing so. Brands like Friso, Friso Gold and Friso Gold Mum by Friesland Campina Vietnam and Dutch Lady have added from 5,400-81,000 dong on [...]
Sep 19 2011 | Posted in
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While the prices of raw material milk imports are falling, some diary producers have shocked consumers with their unexpected price hike of up to 15 percent. Huong, an owner of a milk store in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, said early this week many distributors have increased their prices by up to 40,000 dong [...]
Sep 17 2011 | Posted in
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The biennial Food & Hotel Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City later this month will see exhibitors from 31 countries and territories showcase their latest food and hospitality products and services. Bui Thi Thuc Anh, director of the VCCI Exhibition Service Company told media on September 13 that the exhibition aimed to help Vietnamese businesses [...]
Sep 15 2011 | Posted in
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