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

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,

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.

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.

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

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

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

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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