Vietnamese consumers have been duped into buying mobile devices of famous brands at attractive prices by a telesales company, only to eventually have copycats or knockoffs delivered to their door. Vietnamese consumers have been duped into buying mobile devices of famous brands at attractive prices by a telesales company, only to eventually have copycats or knockoffs delivered to their door. The consumer rights protection agency under the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) said it had recently been flooded with complaints from victims of the deception, all of whom had agreed to buy the products after listening to the honeyed words of the company’s telesales people. The most common method is to provide consumers with misleading information regarding the name of the company and the products themselves, and to insist that delivery be made via post using cash-on-delivery (COD). The fraudulent company also requests that the COD parcels only be opened once payment is cleared. This … [Read more...] about Vietnam firm sells iPad by phone, delivers iPed
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Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank opens new head office
Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank opens new head office By Uyen Vien - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Vietnam Tin Nghia Commercial Joint Stock Bank on Friday started operating the new head office at 50-52 Pham Hong Thai Street in HCMC's District 1. The bank also has plans to open a realty exchange, remittance company, and many transaction offices in Danang, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Can Tho, and HCMC this year. At the inauguration ceremony, the bank clinched deals with two strategic partners comprising the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and Binh Duong Province-based Tan Hiep Phat Co., Ltd. Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank was formerly known as Pacific Joint Stock Bank. The bank leaders decide to change its name due to misunderstanding with other organizations. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Tin Nghia Bank opens new head office
Tin Nghia fetches US$155 million from coffee export
The Vietnam Association of Coffee and Cacao (Vicofa) has recognized Tin Nghia as the nation's fourth biggest coffee exporter. Quach Van Duc, general director of Tin Nghia, said coffee export had become a core business of his company. In addition to buying unprocessed coffee in the country for export processing, the firm has an area of around 500 hectares to grow Arabica coffee in Laos. The Dong Nai Province-based company will develop 3,000 hectares under coffee farming in Laos and build a coffee processing factory as well. … [Read more...] about Tin Nghia fetches US$155 million from coffee export
Vietnam wins two golds at int’l puppetry festival
Vietnam bagged two out of the total four gold prizes for performances at the second International Puppetry Festival, which closed in Hanoi on September 9. The host's gold prizes went to the Thang Long Puppetry Theatre's water puppetry programme in celebration of the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the Vietnam Puppetry Theatre's "Andersen" item based on three stories of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, including "The Brave Tin Soldier", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid". … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins two golds at int’l puppetry festival
Vietnam, RoK organise second exhibition on int’l exchange
The second exhibition on the Republic of Korea (RoK)- Vietnam international exchange opened in Hanoi on Feb. 18, showcasing 80 works of arts of painters of both countries. The exhibition is expected to introduce visitors to the beauty of nature, life and people of Vietnam and the RoK through oil, lacquer and ceramic paintings. Four Vietnamese female artists, Doan Hong, Dang Tin Tuong, Le Kim My and Tuyet Nga attended the exhibition./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, RoK organise second exhibition on int’l exchange