Business

Bottled green tea market to be remapped by the big guys?
18/05/2013 12:34
As a pioneer in the bottled green tea market with the brand Tra Xanh Khong Do, Tan Hiep Phat now holds 50 percent of the market share in Vietnam, according to a recent report of Euromonitor International (EI). The annual growth rate of Tra Xanh Khong Do has been always at two-digit level....
Vietnam turning Chinese refuse tip?
17/05/2013 12:43
Experts, at many business forums, repeatedly say this is the “trap” of the liberalized trade which would make Vietnam turn into the refuse tip for Chinese low quality products. Installing trade barriers to prevent low quality toxic products from China should be seen as an...
Vietnam considers hiring foreigners to manage airports
16/05/2013 12:39
CAAV’s Head Lai Xuan Thanh said if the proposal gets the approval, this would help attract potential international investors to the Vietnam’s aviation industry. Under the airport development program in 2012-2020, Vietnam would upgrade and build 26 airports with the total...
US firm expands operations in Vietnam
15/05/2013 12:48
The presence of CareerBuilder in Hanoi aims to realise the company’s wish to become a bridge between employers and their potential employees as well as provide ideal job opportunities for Vietnamese candidates. Established in 1995, CareerBuilder, which is owned by Gannett Co. Inc.,...
WB supports Vietnam’s competitiveness, education
15/05/2013 12:46
The agreements look to help Vietnam strengthen economic management for higher productivity, competitiveness and education reform, and raise the school readiness of five-year-old children. The 250 million Economic Management and Competitiveness Credit (EMCC) for Vietnam, the first of...
Vietnam fears millions of tons of rice unsalable on the world’s low demand
08/05/2013 03:45
Cheap rice cannot find buyers A report of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) showed that Vietnam exported 2.151 million tons of rice of different kinds in the first 4 months of the year, worth $942 million, an increase of 23.5 percent over the same period of the last year. By the...
Belgian brewery manufacturer rouses Vietnamese enterprises from sleep
06/05/2013 11:37
Reuters has quoted its sources as reporting that the biggest brewery manufacturer is moving ahead with its plan to march towards Vietnam the next year end. It plans to set up a factory there to conquer the biggest and fastest growing market in Asia. Nguyen Van Viet, Chair of the Vietnam...