29-10-2014 The survey’s results showed that 5% of online purchasers were very satisfied, 29% were satisfied, 62% felt neutral and 4% were dissatisfied. The obstacle of online shopping to respondent were the quality of products or services worse than advertised (77%); price not lower than buying from traditional shops (40%); unprofessional logistic services (38%); afraid of personal privacy disclosure (31%); and complicated online order procedures (29%). Besides, the reason why people did not purchase online that had the highest percentage was the difficulties in examining quality of products as the features of products not as advertised (59%). However, 88% respondents will continue to purchase items online in the future; 12% remaining

09-12-2014 Total revenue of Vietnam tourism industry in the period of 2006 – 2013 increased from 51 trillion VND in 2006 to 200 trillion VND  in 2013. The average growth rate achieved  28.1% in which the highest growth rate in 2006 (70%) and the lowest in 2008 (7.1%). Although growth rate of total income of Vietnam tourism industry  got the highest in 2006, but due to the Global Economic Crisis, the growth rate fell sharply in 2007 and 2008, tended to increase again starting in 2009 after several attempts to stimulus the  tourism industry. Total revenue from tourists has increased since 2009, but the growth rate has decreased in recent years. Source: Vietnam National Administration of Tourism Data consolidated by B&Company

06-09-2014 In 2013, VECITA, the Ministry of Industry and Trade collected data from the outstanding e-commerce firms. The survey’s result revealed that the estimation of e-commerce sales per online buyer accounted for approximately $120 in 2013. Purchasing items were fashion, cosmetics products (62%), technology and electronic products (35%), household products (32%), air tickets (25%) and others. Most of online shoppers paid in cash (74%), while payments via bank accounts and via intermediate payments in e-comerce websites were 41% and 8% respectively. Besides, 57% of Internet users purchased items online and the B2C e-commerce sales were estimated $2.2 billion.   Source: Ministry of Industry and Trade The information and statements contained herein,

06-06-2014 Vietnam export value to Japan increased continously from 2009-2013 with CAGR of 21.4%. Import value from Japan increased in three years 2009-2011, however, since 2012, the figure stucked at 11.6 billion USD. Before 2011, the trade balance Vietnam-Japan was deficit but since 2011 the positive numbers has appeared. In 2013, trade balance reached +2. In that year, the major imported goods from Japan were machines, equipment, tools and spares (25.5%). On the other hand, textiles and crude oil accounted for the most in export value.   Source: Vietnam customs The information and statements contained herein, including any expression of opinion, are based upon sources believed to be reliable but

25-12-2014 In 2013, Vietnam has a total of 253 producers, including 30 state producers (12%) and 223 private producers (88%). This shows that Vietnam Film industry is attracting the private producers joining the market. Of the total number of films produced in 2013, feature films counted for  the largest proportion of 25 films (37%) and featrue documentary counted for the lowest proportion of 6 ones (8%). In the total of movies released in the year, Feature films of Vietnam and foreign hasmajority of 88% but the the average view is lower than the average view of video film series. Source: Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism Data consolidated by B&Company Vietnam The information and statements contained herein, including any expression of opinion, are

17-12-2014 Telecommunications in the period 2008 – 2013 had the volatility in revenue. After years of continuous growth, revenue fell into decline period in 2011 due to the impact of the economic downturn, while revenue from mobile services decreased from 5.7 billion to 5.4 billion. Although sales rebounded in 2012 but in 2013, due to the strong development of OTT services and the policy issued to tighten management of charges and prepaid mobile subscribers, the telecom sector, internet had many changes. The revenue of mobile services decreased, leading to the  telecommunication revenue in 2013 was only $ 7.4 billion, decreased nearly 26% compared with 2012, while both fixed telephone services

11-12-2014 Survey of E-commerce and Information Technology Agency in 2013 about online shoppers indicated that 61% of them purchased items online via sales e-commerce websites, 51% bought via group-buying websites, 45% via social forums, 19% via marketplace websites and 6% via application on mobile. Female still occupied in percentage of online shoppers with 59% while male accounted 41%. The managers and office staffs were frequent online purchasers (41%). This results from the fact that they do not have much time for traditional shop due to the official working time, however, they do have time to access Internet, followed by students (37%). The popular online products are clothes, shoes, and cosmetics accounted

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13-08-2014  From 2002 to 2012, Vietnam gained sport medals each year of all types (gold, silver and bronze) and three scales (South East Asia, Asia and the world). In general, although there were some decreases in 2006 and 2008, the number of medals increased throughout the years. The majority of sport medals that Vietnam achieved came from South East Asia competitions. In 2012, Vietnam achieved 322 gold medals, 277 silver ones and 237 bronze ones. Among the number of gold medals, more than half of them were from South East Asia competitions; 36% came from Asia competitions; and the rest came from international sport competitions (28 medals).   Source: General