Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in Vietnam, updated continuously by our newsroom.
The retail market in Hanoi is still attractive for investors, even though it has experienced business impediments during the past, a Hanoi Industry and Trade Department official said. Last year was continuously marked by numerous fluctuations in the modern…
Vietnamese authorities have cracked a counterfeit appliance retailing business passing off cheap Chinese appliances as branded European goods. Thanh Nien News reports that a company called Romal Vietnam was selling gas ranges, electric stovetops, ovens and…
Thai homewares giant Index Living Mall has signed a Philippines partner as its Asian expansion continues. Index will team up with the Philippines largest retail and mall operator SM Group to run the franchise for the concept for at least five years. Index…
A majority of staff in Vietnam’s supermarkets and trading centres lack professional training, according to Vu Vinh Phu, chairman of the Hanoi Supermarket Association. Retail centres are on the rise, but they’re facing a serious shortage of well-trained staff,…
Korea’s home appliances company Cuckoo Electronics Co. Ltd. recently opened its second branded shop in Vietnam. The store is located in Hanoi Trung Hoa, a high-density residential city as well as a hub of business, administration, commerce, industry, culture…
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