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Vietnam is seen as one of the world’s most attractive destination for foreign investors with an improved business environment and rising trade confidence index. Insight Vietnam will bring you insight into the market through in-depth interviews and round-table discussions with Vietnamese and non-Vietnamese who are investors or managing foreign investment firms and international companies in Vietnam.FACTS: AT. Kearney’s 2010 FDI Confidence Index ranked Vietnam 12th out of more than 80 countries to be the most trusted by the international investing community. In the World Economic Forum’s Global Enabling Trade Index Report 2010, Vietnam’s ranking has advanced to number 71 in 2010, among 125 economies worldwide.
Coming behind China, India, Brazil, Germany and Poland on the list of the most attractive investment destinations, Vietnam tops the list of Southeast Asian nations, followed by Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Vietnam – Business
Eckart Dutz and Yen Nguyen
Vietnam has been one of the world’s most impressive growth stories over the last 2 decades. The key driver of this growth, according to the Vietnam Competitiveness Review 2010, has been improved labor productivity. However, despite the recent gains, Vietnam still remains behind many other countries in infrastructure development, supply chain maturity and national business policy framework.
Rashid Aleem Qureshi
Vietnam is currently the second biggest exporter of coffee in the world and in fact the world’s biggest exporter in robusta beans. Needless to say, much of the volume has been exported as a bulk commodity or used to produce instant coffee blends for various markets around the world, given its low quality and cheap prices.
Chris Vale
In this episode of Insight Vietnam, we discuss with Mr. Chris Vale, Country Manager - Vietnam and Hong Kong of Rouse Legal, one of the leading IP law firms in Vietnam the current IP/ Trademark challenges include administrative and judicial enforcement of IPR in Vietnam, some of the key challenges for international companies operating in the country and possible solutions to these challenges.
David Lyons
With real estate as one of the key sectors for the foreign investment community in Vietnam, this episode of Insight Vietnam features, Mr. David Lyons, Managing Director of Jones Lang LaSalle Vietnam who discusses the current situation and future outlook of the much debated real estate sector.
Tony Burchill
In this episode, we bring you a unique “Australian” perspective of Vietnam through the eyes of Mr. Tony Burchill, Senior Trade Commissioner, Austrade and an expert in trade & investment development who has served with Austrade in Vietnam since 2007.
Vietnam - Finance
Kenneth Atkinson and Nikhil Singh
We all may recall an article from a 2008 issue of Businessweek titled “Vietnam is hot. Don’t get burned,” which reviewed the gloomy outlook of the fund management sector in Vietnam following the unprecedented boom of 2007. With the slow recovery of the global economy since 2010, is the sector painting a new picture for Vietnam to attract fresh offshore investment?
Henk Ruitenberg
We all may recall an article from a 2008 issue of Businessweek titled “Vietnam is hot. Don’t get burned,” which reviewed the gloomy outlook of the fund management sector in Vietnam following the unprecedented boom of 2007. With the slow recovery of the global economy since 2010, is the sector painting a new picture for Vietnam to attract fresh offshore investment?
Alain Cany
In this episode of Insight Vietnam, we have a discussion with Mr. Alain Cany, the President of the European Chamber in Vietnam and explore the perspectives of the European Union towards Vietnam as a foreign investment destination and as a sourcing destination in various manufacturing sectors and discuss Investment licensing, an issue that if addressed could create significant increase in the inflow of FDI into Vietnam.
Nigel Russel
In order to give you an overview of the opportunities and challenges in this highest-ranking sector in terms of attractiveness for private equity investment, let’s have a discussion with our guest speaker in this episode, Mr. Nigel Russel, chairman of the Australian International School in Vietnam.
Jonathan Pincus
In this issue of Insight Vietnam, we discuss the matter of State-owned Enterprises and the equitization process in Vietnam with Mr. Jonathan Pincus, former economist of UNDP in Vietnam and presently Dean of the Fullbright program, a cooperation program between Harvard University and the Economics University in Vietnam.
Vietnam - Marketing
Christophe Hirtz
Vietnam’s pharmaceutical market is forecasted to lead the Asia Pacific region in growth at a compound annual rate of 19 percent for the period of 2011-2013 according to a survey conducted by an India-based market research company. Even though market value and per capita spending on pharmaceutical products is still low, Vietnam is predicted to be the 10th largest in Asia Pacific by 2016 and will have the 13th highest per capita spending rate.
Marc Townsend
2010 was considered as successful year in Vietnam in the area of Tourism, where Vietnam received a record high of 5 million foreign visitors, far exceeding the set target of 4.2 million and about 28 million domestic visitors. The tourism industry accounts for about 5% of the country’s GDP and provided employment for 1.4 million people.
Martin Gil, Ralf Mathaes, Phuong Linh Nguyen
Asian youths aged under 20 makes up roughly 35% of the total Asian population and 15% of the world’s population. Needless to say, this is a significant market segment for manufacturers and marketers. While Vietnam ranks 6th in Asia’s youth population, what does it mean in terms of strategic entry into this potential segment?
HOA MAI
One of the key drivers of Vietnam’s economic growth rate is it’s extremely young population. In this episode of Insight Vietnam we are joined by Ms. Hoa Mai, Research Director of The Nielsen Company Vietnam and discuss the attitude, values, beliefs, aspirations and most importantly, product and brand selection of one of the key market segments in Vietnam, one that holds Vietnam’s future consumerism.
Yvonne Cox
During the long period of high growth, Vietnam's workforce expanded very quickly. However, a wide gap remains between the demand for and supply of skilled labour. This has certainly posed some challenges for existing companies and will remain one of the key areas of concern for potential investors in Vietnam.
DAVID LESTER
In this episode of Insight Vietnam, and with a veteran in the advertising industry as our guest speaker, we take you on a journey and discuss the advertising and media landscape of Vietnam. We discuss advertising, branding, public relations, the internet and email marketing and we’ll also talk about what works and what does not work as well as challenges that advertisers face in this market.
Ralf Mathaes
Want to know the key demographic and population trends of Vietnam? This episode of Insight Vietnam focuses on an overview of Vietnam as a market including population and demographics, wealth trends, major product trends, current distribution channels, and the key differences in consumers’ spending behaviors in key regional segments of Vietnam with Mr. Ralf Mathaes, Managing Director - Indochina of TNS Vietnam.
Uniqlo vs. Zara: Who is Winning the Retail Race in Asia?
Japan’s Uniqlo has been rapidly swallowing a bigger and bigger chunk of the Asian fashion retail market. While the company has long had a huge presence in it’s home country, the company’s rapid expansion through China and South Korea- where it now boasts 80 stores and 68 stores, respectively- has given it a solid foothold on the Asian mainland.
Chinese and Vietnamese Wind Tower Exporters Under Scrutiny from US Department of Commerce
China and Vietnam’s wind power equipment suppliers have become the subject of an antidumping investigation by the US Department of Commerce after being tipped off by a coalition of US-based wind energy companies. Imports of wind towers from China and Vietnam have grown rapidly in recent years, reaching US$103.6 million and US$51.9 million respectively in 2010, and provoked concern from US wind tower makers who fear being priced out of the market.
Getting Tough on Climate Change: Can Vietnam Prepare in Time?
Vietnam is a country caught in a quandary that is facing many developing countries that emerged too late to catch the growth wave of the 90s and 00s- how to balance industrialization with an ever-more-fragile environmental situation. For countries that are in low-lying tropical zones, however, these concerns go far beyond the hypothetical- climate change presents a clear and present threat. Vietnam is faced with the difficulty of crafting policy to mitigate the damage incurred by countries that developed earlier in entirely different regions of the world, while simultaneously diminishing the impact of the country’s own economic growth- an unenviable task.
“Vietnam Can Use The Power Of The market”
At a forum held by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in Ho Chih Minh on Monday, January 9th, World Bank economist Doan Hong Quang laid out a flight path for Vietnam’s economy to take in 2012, and it all pointed in one direction- advancing market reforms.
Vietnamese Bonds to Continue Rise in 2012
Vietnam’s economy is caught in a transitional period from being a low-income agricultural economy to a middle-income industrial economy. Following a similar path to it’s massive neighbor to the north, Vietnam is facing high inflation and the government is finding itself forced to implement ever-tighter monetary policies and credit controls to rein in the consequences of the country’s rapid growth.