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Vietnamese goods struggle to find shelf space at home as foreign retailers dominate1

Though Big C Vietnam’s decision to stop buying Vietnamese garments was discontinued immediately and it was soon business as usual, public opinion has yet to settle down, with many people worrying about the fate of Vietnamese goods in future.

Houses continue to remain out of foreigners’ reach

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VN exporters fear protectionist Trump policy

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Storms drive up global rice price A bid to sell 150,000 tonnes of rice to the Philippines won by the Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood 2) may help raise world rice prices, local media reports.

Without a plan, cost cutting can harm business Without a strategic vision, cost cutting to improve competitiveness can go wrong and harm a business.

Gossip, greed distort emerging markets Gold fever struck a couple of weeks back, as word-of-mouth helped spread news of gold prices jumping from VND24 million to as high as VND30 million per tael in a period of just four days.

India tipped to import Viet Nam rice Viet Nam will be able to meet India's reported intention to import 2 to 3 million tonnes of rice, the deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Food Association Nguyen Tho Tri has said.

Hi-tech healthcare project on schedule The nation's first integrated hi-tech healthcare park being developed by Hoa Lam-Shangri La Healthcare Limited Liability Company in HCM City's Binh Tan District is progressing smoothly, city authorities assure.

State Bank puts priority on controlling prices State Bank of Viet Nam's Governor Nguyen Van Giau confirmed in a recent meeting with commercial banks that there would be no changes in the annual 7 percent base interest rate until the early months of 2010. The Government wants to control the inflation rate at 7 per cent this year.