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Vietnamese food companies shift focus to home market

Instead of mostly making products for export, many food companies are now focusing on the domestic market through locally made products that are competitive with imports.

VN seafood companies face barriers in home market

VietNamNet Bridge - Seafood companies are concerned as the year-end and Tet sale season nears, the doors to supermarkets are closed to their products.

Footwear manufacturers plan comeback to conquer home market

VietNamNet Bridge - Though only around 10 Vietnamese footwear brands exist in the home market and each holds a modest 2 percent of market share, the products have begun conquering the local consumer market.

Hardware firms complain they meet barriers in home market

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tax policies have been designed in a way to encourage the import and discourage local production.

IT firms easily successful in foreign markets, not home

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese information technology (IT) firms can win international bids to provide services to big clients in the world under the valuable contracts, but they find it difficult to get jobs in the home market,

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