HCM City (VNA) - The year-end peak season has been an excellent one for the retail sector in Ho Chi Minh City.Retailers stocked popular items adequately for the New Year, both western and Vietnamese, and easily met demand. âSai Gon Co.opâs stocks were mostly sold out and many new items saw sales increase sharply,â Nguyen Anh Duc, deputy general director of the co-operative, was quoted as saying on the Government website. He revealed that customers have changed their habit by starting shopping from the western New Year onwards, a month before the Lunar New Year peak season. âThat allows retailers to fully meet the demand in the peak season.â The stable price, especially of items under the market price stabilisation programme, has greatly contributed to the good sales, he admitted. After Tet, Sai Gon Co.op ran another promotion, offering customers who bought for items worth 400,000 VND (18 USD) lucky money from January 31 to February 2. Lotte Martâs sales increased by 25 … [Read more...] about Retailers make hay as seasonal demand soars
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Retail sector likely to be biggest recruiter this year
The domestic retail sector is expected to be the largest creator of jobs this year, according to a job survey conducted by Navigos Search, a leading provider of executive search and management consultancy services in Vietnam. The retail sector had the highest demand of recruitment among the country's industries in the first half of the year. The VinMart Supermarket Joint Stock Company, a retail brand of Vingroup, for example, plans to recruit about 10,000 people this year to prepare to open several new supermarkets, (WinMart) and VinMark+, nationwide. Quach Duc Tai, a human resources employee at VinMart, told Sai Gon Tiep Thi (Saigon Marketing), that this year the company had recruited nearly 4,000 people and it would offer over 6,000 employees by the year-end. Eighty percent of VinMart's new recruits would work as sellers and cashiers, and another 10 percent would work as managers, Tai said. In the first half of the year, Sai Gon Co.op, owner of the country's one of the biggest … [Read more...] about Retail sector likely to be biggest recruiter this year
Vietnam Airlines offers 300,000 promo tickets
Vietnam Airlines offers 300,000 promo tickets By Dao Loan - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Vietnam Airlines on Monday launched the autumn promotion program 2012 with an estimated 300,000 discounted air tickets on sales with many tickets being marked down by up to 50% for both international and domestic flights. According to the air carrier, there will be 200,000 promotional tickets for domestic flights and 100,000 for international flights. Under this program, the one-way airfare of several domestic flights will be sold at VND555,000-999,000. For example, the one-way airfare from Hanoi or HCMC to Danang will be VND555,000, while on-way fares from HCMC to Haiphong and Dong Hoi will be VND999,000. This fare also applies to flights from Hanoi to either HCMC, Can Tho, Dalat, Nha Trang, Pleiku, Quy Nhon, and Buon Ma Thuot. Meanwhile, the return ticket prices of international flights will also be slashed sharply. For instance, return fares for services from Vietnam to Southeast Asian … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines offers 300,000 promo tickets
Emart officially joins Vietnamese retail market
After five years of surveying and researching Vietnam market, Emart - the leading Korean retailer under Shinsegae group will officially launch the Emart hypermarket for the first time in Vietnam on December 28. The grand opening of the new hypermarket in Ho Chi Minh City takes place on the occasion of 23rd anniversary of Vietnam and Korea diplomatic relation. Emart Go Vap hypermarket is situated on an area of over three hectares with the investment capital up to $60 million. Set to construction at early 2015 and operation at the end of this year, Emart Go Vap is expected to meet the shopping demand and create a modern consumer habit for Vietnamese with high quality products and reasonable prices. Emart Go Vap campus is divided into two main areas which are the hypermarket area of 6,000 square metres serving diverse items from daily necessities, fresh products to household goods, electronic goods and fashion; and shopping mall including restaurants, amusement and education centres. … [Read more...] about Emart officially joins Vietnamese retail market
Vietnam Airlines announced summer promotion program
PANO - The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, today announced a promotion program to offer cheap tickets on both domestic and international flights. Accordingly, travellers on VNA'S international flights can buy return tickets at prices between VND1,024,000 (equivalent to USD49) to VND10,425,000 (equivalent to USD 499), depending on destination. For domestic flights between Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, Vietnam Airlines will sell tickets at the cheapest price (P level). This program is applied to retail travellers in Vietnam from March 15th to March 21st and departing between April 1st and May 31st as well as from September 5th to October 31st ( excluding flights on the anniversary of Hung King Temple Festival, April 30th, May 1st and some high-demand routes). International routes with special prices include: Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Yangon, Phnom Penh, Siam Reap, Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Guang Zhou, Kunming, Shanghai, Hong … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines announced summer promotion program