วันอังคารที่ 24 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Supermarket attitude shift, now like selling domestic products


Supermarket attitude shift, now like selling domestic products

I love shopping for the products that come from another country, and there are some reasons why I prefer goods from another country. The first one is their quality that their goods are made from good materials. For example, my cell phone, Nokia , came from Finland, and I never use the mobile phones produced in Thailand since their quality are so poor. Another reason is that products from another country are more popular than my country's products, and there are many well known cell phone's brand name selling in my country, such as Nokia, Sumsung, Lg etc. Nevertheless in Vietnam many supermarket attitude will change to sell their goods from international products to domestic products. There are three main reasons why I choose this news. To begin with, I want to know why they prefer to sell domestic
product since I am confident that goods from another country is better. Other reason is that this article is related to the business that I love to read, and it is so challenging that there are a lot of new vocabularies that I have never known them before.

In Vietnam, even though the supermarket had ever imported and sold the goods from another country, they would shift to sell domestic goods instead that Vietnam's good had reached 70-95 percent. Co
At Co-op Mart, 95 percent of food products and 90 percent of non-food products showed on the aisles were made in Vietnam. Dominated in the past was the foreign products, but domestic products had made strides what was Bui Hanh Thu who was the deputy director of Saigon Co-op. Moreover, he also said “Vietnam made goods are now dominating some categories of products,” Thu stated. “For example, 95 percent of ready-made clothes for children, plus young and middle-aged people now at Saigon Co-op are domestically-made products. Meanwhile, previously, 40 percent of the products were imports.” Big C informed that the structure of goods on display had changed since a lot of garment companies and workshops had turned to the domestic market. 95 percent of goods at the supermarket came from Vietnamese products while 40 percent of their total revenue came from those recognized said by Nguyen Xuan Hai, Director of Big C Vietnam.


Vietnam had taken the the home market due to upgraded quality, design and good prices so that domestic products could met variety consumer. For example, Boxes of crackers from both Thailand and Malaysia had been replaced with those from Kinh Do, Hai Ha and Bibica brands.
Recently, Big C met with some 100 small and medium producers in Nghe An province, in which it signed a contract committing to purchase 13 billion dong in products. In order to grow safe vegetables to meet VietGap standards, Saigon Co-op had gave 15 billion dong to the farmers.
Many retailers asked that producers should seek to keep their position on the market with high quality and reasonable prices. Hai noted that one of the biggest problems was bad logistics. The transport system forced frozen food prices higher that many producers were small scale, so they could not offer the best prices. Domestic producers reacted that supermarkets made it difficult to start their products to them. Since the display area has run out, all requirements set by one supermarket, but cannot gain space that what was a food company director complained about.


In my opinion, if they could really do it that Vietnam would be an affluent country because of the reason that they do not have to import the good from another country, so they could use the budget that they provided from selling their domestic goods to develop their goods and send to another country to sell and gain money from other counties. Another was to help domestic retailers and plants.


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Shopping malls set to new brands HCM city, suburbs


Shopping malls set to new brands HCM city, suburbs


This news is about the business in Vietnam, and it is about opening the new malls in Vietnam. The reasons why I choose this news were that Vietnam is one of the successful countries because they have progressed a lot more than in the past in other word they develop so fast. Moreover, I am the one who loves to read the news about business since I will study about the business in the future, so this news is interested me.

In the suburbs in Vietnam, there was the new mall that would be opened around 2013, and it called Bitexoc financial tower that the project developers would race against the time to put the tower into operation before this October since it was now in the final stage. In addition, Capitaland Group Vietnam and RF Chandle had provided 14000 square metre to market. Moreover, they also speeded up their work in order to complete the vista project before the end of 2010. Furthermore, there were many shopping malls that would be opened in the future which they were Saigon M&C, Tan Phong Shopping Complex, Sunrise City, Metropolis, Sport City, Thao Dien Pearl, Saigon Pearl. However, most of them was opened in the suburbs.

However, most of the news shopping mall was in the suburban districts. Truong an Duong referred statistics which provided by the HCM City Statistics Office that since 2005, the total revenue of the retail market in HCM City had increased by 20 percent per annum, and the city’s retail revenue increased by nearly 35 percent in the first five months of 2010. Depending on the rapid growth of medium and upper classes in urban areas imposed development of the retail market said by Truong An Duong, Head of the Savills Analysis Division of HCM City Branch. Due to very few customers, the HCM City retail market unprofitable shopping malls in the suburbs. At worst, some kiosks had to temporarily close their market because there were no customers.


I think that this news was one of the good business news, and there are some reasons for that. Firstly, the Vietnam would have many malls for the shoppers who loved to shop in the suburbs people. Moreover, these malls would help Vietnam’s retailer to rent and sell their goods since nowadays, there are a lot of people who like to do the job this. Another was to demonstrate how development Vietnam had.

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วันอังคารที่ 17 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Vietnam forest fires rise sharply in drought


Vietnam forest fires rise sharply in drought

In my opinion, the most dangerous event that destroys the environment is drought, and I have three main reason for that. Firstly, I regularly read the news about drought in Thailand, and I realize how danger it was. Another was that it made farmers lost some money since they had to crop.The last was that it made environment getting worse. Therefore, I will summarize the news about the drought in Vietnam which results in forest fires.

In Hanoi, Drought-driven forest fires this year that already had consumed a greater area than before, 2008 or 2009 said by officials. Said by Do Thanh Hai, the fires had burned 1,600 hectares of forest this year. That area was more than 10 times the rate measured in the first two months of 2008 or 2009, which each saw just more than 140 hectares destroyed. He also said that from October to February, the fires on a drought had left Vietnam's north-western provinces with almost no rainfall. Moreover, he said "Such a long-lasting drought is somewhat strange and dry weather and high temperatures are coinciding with the time when farmers burn their fields to prepare for cultivation, which creates a serious risk of forest fires." In addition, Vietnam faced with a dry season in the north-west on November to February, and Central Highlands were drought during April to September, Related to a strong El Nino phenomenon,the most devastating weather that had ever happened in USA
. Vietnam's north had experienced drought this winter that was the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean. Furthermore, the Red River in Hanoi was measured at its lowest level in more than 100 years.

This news was not really good news for Vietnam since the government should do something to stop the drought that will destroy their environment.Moreover, there were a couple of things I got after reading. One was the knowledge of drought in Vietnam because it told how danger the drought in Vietnam was, and the other was the knowledge El Nino phenomenon.


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Development harms Hue's water quality


Development Harms Hue's Water Quality


Nowadays, the world have been damaged a lot from not only global warming but the bad pollution as well. We need to protect our envoirment. The news was about The water in Vietnam.


At the workshop in Vietnam, participants said that the water environment in Hue was still worsening under the influence of urbanisation and globalisation-induced changes and there were hundreds of local and Japanese experts to talk about measures to better and manage the water environment in the city that Jointly held by the Hue University of Sciences and Tokyo University's Centre of Sustainable Urban Restoration. Moreover, the experts also said that the importance of improved management in the city's efforts was to ensure sustainable development and handle climate change challenges. They had presented four main areas, flood and inundation in Hue; quality of water environment and involved health risks; historical architecture amidst the water landscape; and impacts of climate change on Hue's urban development. The Clear evidence of deterioration of the water environment in the city was the increasing annual flooding that experienced by the city. In addition, both Vietnamese and Japanese researchers also took part in the same event in Tokyo earlier this year.


When finishing reading this news, I think that both Vietnamese and Japanese researchers could be able to better the water pollution problem.


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วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 12 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Charity concert to feature young Vietnamese-Australian musicians


Charity concert to feature young Vietnamese-Australian musicians

This news is about the concert in Vietnam that will contribute to Heart Reach Australia’s projects. The reason why I choose this news is that since I looked at the topic of this news, I interested this news so much that I really wanted to read and summarize it.

Heart Reach Australia which was a humanitarian aid organization, would be hold its annual charity concert on July 31 at New World Hotel Saigon which was featuring two famous Vietnamese-Australians, Van Anh Nguyen and Thanh Bui. Van Anh Nguyen, 21 years old, was one of the youngest pianists of her generation to get the Associate Diploma in Music and the Licentiate Diploma in Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. while Thanh Bui had been recognized for his strong vocals and good ability on stage.
Moreover, He completed in the top 10 of Australian Idol in 2008. All of the money raised contributed to the Heart Reach Australia’s projects in Ben Tre and Quang Tri provinces. Tickets were available at the front desk of New World Hotel Saigon in HCMC for VND1.5 million (US$77) per person. For further information, visit Heart Reach Australia’s website or contact the New World Hotel Saigon at (08) 3 822 8888.


This concert was not only for entertainment but for the contribution as well. In my opinion, this is a very interesting concert, and the tickets are not that expensive ,so I recommend that Vietnamese ought to go to see this concert.

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วันพุธที่ 11 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Vietnam super star to be unveiled this week


Vietnam Super Star to be Unveiled This Week

In my country, there are many contests that give a chance to anybody who desires to be a superstar. However,in Vietnam, there is also a contest that gives an opportunity to the winner to represent and do activities both in Vietnam and other countries. Since I do not know about this contest so much,so I want to read and shorten it.

20 contestants, After two weeks of basic performance, will be selected to enter the final that will be hold at Hoa Binh Theater in HCMC at 7 p.m. on November 8. The participant would show off their beauty by singing and dancing in groups and by themselves to prove they are Vietnamese super stars. First prize was US$10,000 in cash and sponsorship worth US$40,000 to study in Korea for one year. Second prize is US$3,000 in cash and third prize US$2,000 and gifts of the sponsors. This contest was the first time in Vietnam, but we hoped that Vietnam would have international stars said by Nguyen Van Thang. In the future Vietnam would have star training programs in both collaboration with Korea and with other countries. Said by Nguyen Huu Nghi that even though trained in Korea with Korean star training technology, the winner would be a Vietnamese cultural ambassador of Vietnam. Not only did the winner join short comedies in Korea but would perform traditional Vietnamese art as well during the year. Korea regularly wanted to collaborate with Vietnam in business and in culture, and The contest hoped to be held annually to lure more Vietnamese stars to brighten the international media market said by Lee Chang Keun.

Moreover, the ticketsfor for the final round of the contest would be available free of charge at 223A Hai Ba Trung Street, District 3, HCMC and the HCMC Cultural Center, 97 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District 1, HCMC.


Even though this was the first time in Vietnam that they had a contest like this, I think this contest would be successful not only in Vietnam but in another country ,such as Korean as well.







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วันเสาร์ที่ 7 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2553

2009 sees “super” transport infrastructure projects



2009 sees “super” transport infrastructure projects

In Vietnam, their government had invested a lot in building a road for transportation. Moreover, last year, Vietnam was a year of the transport and communications.
This article demonstrated about how Vietnam improved its transportation, so I would like to summarize this news.


2009 was a record year for the transport and communications in Vietnam; they invested six projects at least of nearly 10 trillion VND (555 million USD).
Firstly, the Hanoi-Thai Nguyen highway cost 8.1 trillion VND (450 million USD) provided money by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Secondly, both the Noi Bai-Lao Cai and Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh highways, the Vietnam Expressways Corporation spent 20 trillion VND to invest. Thirdly, the Trung Luong-My Thuan highway with 15 trillion VND (833.3 million USD) that Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) gave money to build. Fourthly, the Van Phong international transshipment port in the central province of Khanh Hoa, which coasted an estimated cost of 3.6 billion USD funded by the Vietnam National Shipping Line. The last one was Nhat Tan Bridge funded by Japan with an investment capital of over 13 trillion VND (757 million USD.


Vietnam had invested a lot, and I think that their country will provide more money to develop its transportation. If any countries help Vietnam by giving money to their government, Vietnam will develop faster and faster.


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วันพุธที่ 4 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Hanoi: Electric cars for tourists “delayed”


Hanoi: Electric cars for tourists “delayed”




Today, there is much transportation to use, such as Mrt, sky-trains, mini buss, tramcars etc.
In Vietnam, their government presents tramcars to run around the city at Vietnam. Even though it was imposed to use by the first quarter of 2010, it had to delay due to a couple of reasons. Hence, I choose this news to shorten it because I want to know more about tramcars in Vietnam.
Tramcars in Vietnam that were enforced to use by the first quarter of 2010 has delayed because the imported electric cars are not yet licensed to use. In Vietnam, there are 12 electric cars that are imported by Dong Xuan Joint Stock Company, and cost $204,000. Moreover, they are now displaying in front of Dong Xuan market. According to director Do Xuan Thuy, he exposed that these vehicles meet Vietnam’s environmental standards, but Vietnam doesn’t have standards for those cars. These Vehicles was licensed in Lao Cai, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Lat and Nha Trang Do Xuan Thuy said. When his firm imported 12 electric cars, he knew that the electric cars would not be permitted to move around. Hoan Kiem District authorities informed to put electric cars in operation in February 2010 for tourists. They said that there will be four routes for the Trancars. Nevertheless, just two routes will be used around the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake.

In that car, there are 12 seats, and it costs around 10,000 dong per tour. The tickets are sold on the car and at stations.

I think tramcars should be used as quickly as possible since I am sure that there will be a lot of tourists going to Vietnam, and they need this kind of transportation.


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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 1 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2553

Government inspectors ’must be independent

Government inspectors ’must be independent


This is another blog that I keep focusing on politics in Veitnam. Although I insist that I do not accustom with it, I learned some new vocabuaries about politic. This news told about the Government inspector in Vietnam should have the independence to work both the legislature and the executive to ensure its integrity and objectiveness. I think it is an attractive article to read, and I might gain more knowledges about politics from it.


National Assembly Legislative Committee chairman Nguyen Van Thuan said that government Inspectorate must be legally independent. The Government leader would have the power to approve inspection programmes that choose inspectors and issue any final agreement. Le Quang Binh, theNational Defence and Security Committee chairman.

Vice chairman Nguyen Duc Kien said the State Inspectorate should do their duty with freedom for both the legislature and the executive to ensure its integrity and objectiveness. It was significant if inspectors answered to Government agencies because their leaders were pro-active in making decision after violations were found. The vice chairman stresses that law draft should be more obvious and delineate the competence during inspections as well as the punishment of offenders.
Moreover, the law supposes to have specific punishment for inspectors and overseers of Government agencies who are found transgressing. Nevertheless, the proposed legislation do not do both stipulating further inspections and how to deal with wrongdoing. The Standing Committee also talked the essential of having special-purpose inspectorates. Chairman Phung Quoc Hien said that special-purpose inspectorates would likely to mean various inspection units.


This news was pretty hard for me to read even though using a dictionary to find words I don't know.
However, this article was gold mine for me to practice not only for about sentence structure but about new vocabularies as well.


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Vietnam - a responsible and active member

UN expert hails Vietnam’s policy for ethnic minority people


The topic that I really don't familiar with would be the topic of politics. However, I think there are many students who do not like these kinds of news too. Nevertheless, the next topic that I am going to summarize is the topic about politics. Even though I do not like this topic, I will try my best to shorten it. I choose the about how Vietnam get the benefit from joining ASEAN member. I think this news is very interesting since I know a little bit about ASEAN.

Vietnam helped to end the confrontation between the two blocs of ASEAN and Indochina formed during the cold war era. The ten Southeast Asian nations under the ASEAN banner opened up a new period in relations between other regional countries and friendship that served as the main foundation for all relations. When joining ASEAN member, Vietnam made a lot of contribution to creating and adopting common guidelines and policies. Vietnam took the start of building the ASEAN socio-cultural community and present measures to narrow the gap between all of members. Moreover, Vietnam has contributed a lot by both expanding ASEAN’s diplomatic relations and cooperating with many countries. After joining ASEAN, Vietnam got a lot of benefit and success. Participating in the Asia-Europe Meeting, APEC and the WTO were the example to show the way how Vietnam succeeds from joining ASEAN. . 2010 is considered as an important landmark with the country assuming the ASEAN Chair ,and . Vietnam will keep going to meet solidarity and links within ASEAN and raise the bloc’s international status and role on the road to building an ASEAN community by 2015.

This news was eaier than the previous; I comprehend how Vietnam succeed from becoming an ASEAN members. Futhermore, I can ensure that Vietnam will become more affluent country because they have a good goverment. Again, this is one of the good news since I gained many vocabularies ,and it is a very interesting news to read.

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