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Nielsen: Consumers prefer personal touch in purchasing decisions

Talking to friends a better source of information on products and services than going online, Nielsen report finds.

Pho Tho-Ba Bo flower village gears up for Tet

Gardeners working in Pho Tho-Ba Bo flower village in Can Tho are gearing up to launch a range of beautiful flower pots to the domestic market to meet the increasing demand for the Lunar New Year or Tet.

Pho Tho-Ba Bo flower village gears up for Tet

Gardeners working in Pho Tho-Ba Bo flower village in Can Tho are gearing up to launch a range of beautiful flower pots to the domestic market in order to meet the increasing demand that comes in the buildup to the Lunar New Year.

Impacts of the sharing economy

The sharing economy has brought countless benefits to the market, economy, consumers, as well as governments which set down the path of implementation.

Electricity tariff must be revised

Expert Ngo Tri Long, former head of the Price and Market Research Institute under the Ministry of Finance, talks to Vietnam News Agency on the key elements in setting electricity tariffs.

Online trading remains a risk

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Chairman of the Viet Nam Standards and Consumer Rights Protection Association Nguyen Manh Hung told Nong thon ngay nay newspaper about the chaos that plagues online trading.

Consumer growth entices franchises

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign franchising will continue to boom in Vietnam as firms eye ways to enter the market.

The rise of budget fashion brands

VietNamNet Bridge – Over the years people, especially the rich, have had great preferences for expensive foreign design fashion items. But it seems this market trend has been superseded by local budget fashion brands

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/3

 Economy grows by 4.96% in Q1; Treasury mobilises VND2.99 trillion from G-bond issue; SBV postpones debt standards; CPI tumbles in Ha Noi, HCM City; SBV lowers interest rates on agri-loans

What Vietnamese spend their money on?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese rank seventh in the world in the amount of gold consumed, the third in Asia in the volume of beer drunk and it always is one of the biggest instant noodle consumers in Asia.

Consumers in doubt over vegetable quality

VietNamNet Bridge – Pesticides on vegetables sold at markets remained disturbingly high – about 11.5 per cent above permitted levels.

Chinese or American?

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese don’t know what they eat--Chinese or the US fruits, because both management agencies and consumers cannot tell exactly about the origin of the products.

Inflation still haunting economy

VietNamNet Bridge – Inflation will remain a threat to the economy and consumers next year even though it is restrained relatively well in 2012.

U.S. shoppers spend billions over Thanksgiving weekend

 A record 247 million U.S. shoppers visited stores and websites over Thanksgiving weekend, up from 226 million last year, according to an industry survey released on Sunday.