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Postcards, key chains, decorations, paintings, wooden crafts, scarves, ceramics, and brocade, are just a few of the items sold at Ben Thanh. Both foreign and Vietnamese tourists often admit to feeling overwhelmed the first time they step into Ben Thanh Market and find themselves lost amongst the hundreds of stalls lining the 'alleys of souvenirs.' … [Read more...] about ​Ben Thanh Market – a Saigon shopping heaven where haggling rules

Switching to other markets such as India, South Korea and Japan cannot make up for the shortfall in exports to the US and Europe, and the two sectors are again set for competition from Chinese goods since the country’s huge production capacity has basically been restored. … [Read more...] about China raw materials supply resumes, but Vietnam’s export markets close borders

“It takes time to produce a vaccine for the virus. So now investors will look to the total number of cases in key markets such as the US and Europe while they are counting that Viet Nam will have a successful 15-day period of social distancing,” he said. … [Read more...] about Shares not ready for stable growth on concerns over persistent risks

Other instant food that saw rising demand include frozen food (up 40 percent) and sterilized sausage (up 19 percent), market research firm Nielsen Vietnam reported, using data from February 3-9 compared to the average of 52 preceding weeks. Vietnam declared the coronavirus outbreak an epidemic on February 1. … [Read more...] about Instant noodle demand boils over as coronavirus stirs fear

Answering the question of “Think about your government’s reaction to the COVID-19 right now. Do you believe measures taken are too much or too little?”, almost half the world (43%) say the governments are doing too little in response to the outbreak. However, citizens in eight out 45 countries surveyed believe on average that their governments are overreacting and doing ‘too much’ in response. … [Read more...] about Only one new case of COVID-19 reported in Vietnam today