Vietnam develops taste for luxury goods
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In a country whose peasant army once marched on flip-flops cut from old tires, Gucci beach sandals priced at $365 can come as a shock.
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Gov. Gary Locke is putting on his salesman&#39;s hat one last time, heading to China next month and hoping to crack the growing Vietnam market.
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Vietnam's legislature ratified the country's entry into the World Trade Organization on Tuesday, paving the way for the communist nation to become the global trade body's 150th member.
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HANOI, Nov. 17 -- President Bush arrived Friday in Vietnam on a mission to strengthen business ties with the rapidly changing country and ease the bitter memories of the war the United States waged here decades ago.
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The recent visit to Vietnam by Norwegian King Harald V, Queen Sonja and high-ranking officials has contributed to enhancing mutual understanding and further boosting friendship and cooperation in many areas ...
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Streets in the North Korean capital Pyongyang are lined with sidewalk stalls selling snacks and beer, the restaurant scene is growing and semi-liberalized markets are becoming centers of trade in imported food and clothes.
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Exports from China are shifting from basic goods like textiles, toys and shoes to higher-value industrial goods that compete more directly with products from advanced industrialized countries.
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Vietnam wants help from foreign epidemiologists, pathologists, toxicologists, veterinarians and lab technicians.
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Every time Vietnamese factory  worker Nguyen Thi Ha goes to the supermarket, she finds that  prices on the shelves have climbed, evidence of a country  facing its highest inflation rate in more than a decade.
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Hoping to boost business ties with Singapore, Vietnam's prime minister opened a forum here Tuesday with promises of economic reform and continued growth.
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HANOI - Vietnam&#39;s economic performance in the first half of 2004, supported by a better business environment and robust external demand, suggests that gross domestic product (GDP) growth will remain above 7% in 2004 and 2005, according to a major Asian
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Vietnam's state-run carrier plans to open a new air route to the Spratly archipelago in the South China sea, a move that is likely to draw China's ire.
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Vietnam approves plans to build a $33bn (Â£15bn) rail link between the capital, Hanoi, to Ho Chi Minh City in the south.
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The luxury resorts have yet to be built on this tranquil tropical island in the Gulf of Thailand and the wealthy tourists have yet to visit, but Vietnam is hoping that will soon change.
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Vietnam is making headway in creating a more level playing field for foreign investors, but more reform must take place in order for competition to flourish, business leaders said Monday.
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Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said Tuesday he will lead a trade mission to Vietnam later this year, hoping to boost export opportunities for American companies.
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HANOI : Yesterday Vietnam, today Asia, tomorrow the United States: Vietnam Airlines has expanded to the point where it is even eyeing the huge American market, a move which would have been unthinkable not long ago.