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Day: April 18, 2024

Vietnam Supermarkets: Foreign Retailer’s Guide 2024

Supermarkets are rapidly proliferating in Vietnam. This is on the back of rising incomes and improved market entry conditions. These supermarkets are one of the easiest ways for foreign producers to get their products in front of Vietnamese consumers with a more Western style of doing business. What to expect

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Shopping in Vietnam: Quick Guide 2024

This article covers shopping in Vietnam, breaking down the key means by which goods are bought and sold in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies. Local markets Local markets take the lion’s share of retail sales in terms of volume by far. Local markets, generally open-air, are spread out all

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Vietnam’s GDP projected to reach 5.8 percent this year: IMF

The International Monetary Fund has released its World Economic Outlook April 2024 which estimates Vietnam’s GDP growth for this year to be 5.8 percent. The IMF also bumped Vietnam up from its Low-Income Developing Countries group and added it to its Emerging Market and Middle-Income Economies group.

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Gold auctions in Vietnam to reduce exchange rate pressure?

There is this emerging argument that the pressure on the exchange rate is partly caused by gold smuggling, for example, this article from Doanh Nhan Vietnam. The theory is that people are buying up US dollars to buy gold overseas and then smuggling it in. That may be the case,

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Vietnam EV maker North Carolina factory delayed

Vinfast’s planned North Carolina factory has been delayed pending approval of plans for a much smaller factory, The News Observer is reporting. The car marker has not been as successful as it had hoped, hence the smaller factory. It has, however, continued to maintain that the factory will be online

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Vietnam’s Vinfast first quarter results show little improvement

Vietnam’s Vinfast has continued to haemorrhage money, reporting a loss in the first quarter of 2024 of US$618.3 million, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Key takeaways It delivered 9,689 EVs; This was down from 13,513 in the fourth quarter of 2024; with 50 percent

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