He applauded Vietnam’s tradition of ‘haves helping have-nots’, and encouraged overseas Vietnamese to more deeply integrate into the host country and promote the Vietnamese culture. He said Vietnam’s Embassy in Algeria will always be a bridge linking Vietnamese people living in Algeria with their homeland. He wished them a New Year of prosperity, success, and happiness.He applauded Vietnam’s tradition of ‘haves helping have-nots’, and encouraged overseas Vietnamese to more deeply integrate into the host country and promote the Vietnamese culture. He said Vietnam’s Embassy in Algeria will always be a bridge linking Vietnamese people living in Algeria with their homeland. He wished them a New Year of prosperity, success, and happiness.The event featured Vietnamese food, music, and movies about customs associated with Lunar New Year in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese in Algeria welcome Lunar New Year 2018
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Vietnamese food in high demand in Laos ahead of Lunar New Year
A local market in Laos (Source: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – Many Vietnamese families in Vientiane have switched their regular work to wrapping and boiling square glutinous rice cake to meet high demand ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year festival. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, member of a Vietnamese family in Laos, said she could wrap 200 square and cylindrical glutinous rice cakes per day but the supply is yet to meet the demand because the number of orders for business partners and employees is huge, not to mention retail Vietnamese and Lao consumers. Thuy said Lao people are keen on glutinous food, especially square glutinous rice cake. Each year on this occasion, her family consumes 2-3 tonnes of glutinous rice but the supply remains insufficient. This year, Ha Thi Kim Loi hired two Lao workers to wrap cakes which number over 100 per day. According to her, most of the Vietnamese nationals buy glutinous rice cakes as gift for Lao fellows. In high demand was also pork … [Read more...] about Vietnamese food in high demand in Laos ahead of Lunar New Year
FMCG forecasted to grow fast during Lunar New Year festivities
With increasing income and a newfound hunger for better living quality, Vietnamese consumers are shopping more and more. They are no longer considered as the highest savers anymore, as they are ready to spend much on consumption, tourism, and household appliance goods.According to a survey produced by Nielsen, after essential living expenses, Vietnamese consumers are ready to spend on tourism, shopping, new hi-tech gadgets, and other entertainment services. The high growth potential of the economy and increasing consumption demand are expected to boost FMCG at the end of 2017 and in the first month of 2018.The results of Nielsen’s Market Pulse research showed that FMCG grew by 5% in the second quarter of 2017 in Vietnam, and 5.8% in the third quarter. This figure was forecasted at 6-7% in the fourth quarter. Additionally, an increasing number of super markets and grocery stores are spurring the growth of the FMCG segment in the country.In 2017, the market saw heated competition … [Read more...] about FMCG forecasted to grow fast during Lunar New Year festivities
Traditional Lunar New Year shopping in Southeast Asia moves online
The company’s deep-dive into shoppers’ online purchasing activities revealed that preparations for the Lunar New Year began right at the start of the year with online sales showing a general increase from January 3, 2017 onwards and declined five days before the first day of festivities. In line with shopping habits during this season, the fashion and food categories saw a 68.5 per cent increase in online sales. In addition, there was a spike in online travel sales right after the first two days of the Lunar New Year in Vietnam.The findings are based on an analysis of 3.5 million online transactions made on key online commerce platforms, including mobile apps, desktop web, and mobile web in Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam before, during, and after the 2017 Lunar New Year.“In the period just before Lunar New Year, we often see increasing sales in certain categories as people shop for new clothes and stock up on festive treats. They are now also making these purchases … [Read more...] about Traditional Lunar New Year shopping in Southeast Asia moves online
Fresco street in Hanoi becomes magnet for coming Lunar New Year
A street decorated with frescos in Hanoi was made available to the public on Friday as an artistic welcome to the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, also known as Tet, which begins in the middle of this month. Beautiful murals, colorful and monochromatic, have covered the walls along a portion of Phung Hung Street, more than one kilometer long, in Hoan Kiem District. The works of art are jointly produced by Korean and Vietnamese artists, who embarked on the Phung Hung fresco project on January 3. Phung Hung Street leads to Dong Xuan (literally translated as Springfield), one of the capital’s largest markets; and runs parallel to a railway viaduct that comprises 127 arches of nearly equal length, on which the mural paintings materialize. Meant to capture the soul of an age-old Hanoi steeped in Vietnamese history and culture, 17 frescos depict local royal sites and commercial towns. Wall murals of stationery shops, trams, vendors shouldering a pole hanging baskets of food, and feudal … [Read more...] about Fresco street in Hanoi becomes magnet for coming Lunar New Year