On the Chinese border, many Vietnamese goods are preferred

Many Vietnamese enterprises have found to their surprise that they can still sell made-in-Vietnam products in the mountainous border province of Lang Son even though Chinese goods flood through Lang Son’s Tan Thanh and Dong Dang border gates, according to a report in Saigon Tiep Thi. During a Vietnamese goods promotion in Lang Son’s Van [...]

Counterfeits give headaches to makers of the genuine article

Clothes, footwear, cosmetics, safety helmets – if an item bears a well-known Vietnamese brand name and it’s offered for sale in the market here at half price or less, it’s probably counterfeit. Tuoi Tre reports. Counterfeit goods are ubiquitous An Dong Market in HCM City is the biggest wholesale market in the southern region, famous [...]

Ministries to probe high medicine prices

The Health Ministry has requested that the Finance Ministry have more oversight over the increasingly high price of medicine in the country. The health ministry’s Drug Administration said price management should be under the Finance Ministry, while technical and production control under the Health Ministry. Speaking at a conference in HCM City on Tuesday, Truong [...]

Vietnam electronics market expected to rise substantially

Vietnam’s consumer electronics market is predicted to be worth about US$4.3 billion in 2010 and likely to hit US$6.6 billion by 2014, said a Vietnam Consumer Electronics Report Q2 2010. This rise inmarket value is attributed by the report to increased product affordability. The report, posted by website “Companiesandmarkets.com” on April 19, added that in [...]

Over 250 businesses to join trade fair of Vietnamese high-quality products

More than 250 businesses have registered to take part in the 2010 Trade Fair of Vietnamese High-quality Products in Ho Chi Minh City, April 27 to May 2. The fair, organised by the Business Support Associates (BSA), will showcase high-quality products in 900 stands. During the fair, seminars and cultural activities will also be held, [...]

High production costs cause Vietnam’s sugar to fail in its home market

Most sugar refineries well understand that to survive they must compete fiercely against imports. However, they have not found any way to win the competition, reports Thoi Bao Kinh Te Saigon. Vietnam still applies a quota scheme in allocating sugar import rights, but it has slashed the tariff on sugar imports to five percent in [...]

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