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News Updates –
June 2008
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Consumers lack protection, retailer respect
Vietnam
News, Vietnam-June 30, 2008
HA NOI — In Viet
Nam, it seems the customer is always wrong, but plans are in
motion to change this state of affairs by 2010.
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Local firms get global trade dispute support
Vietnam
Net Bridge, Vietnam-June 27, 2008
VietNamNet Bridge
- The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Legal
Department on June 26 officially launched the Trade Remedies
Council (TRC) to provide support to domestic associations and
enterprises in coping with possible global trade disputes.
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Intellectual property law explained
Vietnam
News, Vietnam-June 25, 2008
In making
provisions for civil intellectual property (IP) infringement
actions, the IP Law of 2006 encourages brand owners to enforce
their IP rights through the courts.
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Shoe firms face EU dumping tariffs
Vietnam
News, Vietnam-June 24, 2008
HA NOI — The
National Association of Italian Footwear Manufacturers (ANCI)
is planning to ask the European Union to renew antidumping
tariffs on non-athletic leather shoes exported to the EU from
China and Viet Nam, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and
Trade reported yesterday.
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EC’s decision to stop GSP
being applied to VN leather shoes ‘unfair’
Vietnam
News, Vietnam-June 24, 2008
Industry and Trade
Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Bien spoke with the press about
the European Commission’s decision to exclude Vietnamese
leather shoe exports to the EU from the list of products
eligible for the Generalised System of Preferences.
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Japan ratifies free trade pact with ASEAN
AFP -
June 20, 2008
TOKYO (AFP) —
Japan ratified a free trade accord with the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations on Saturday as the country's divided
parliament ended its session.
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Drug regulator trying to bail out industry
Vietnam
News, Vietnam-June 17, 2008
HCM CITY — The
drugs watchdog has withdrawn on a temporary ban on raising
drug prices, one of several measures intended to support
pharmaceutical companies that are going through a tough
period.
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VN loses EC footwear
preferences
Vietnam
News, Vietnam, June 14, 2008
HA NOI — The
European Commission decided to abolish the Generalised System
of Preferences (GSP) for Viet Nam’s leather shoes imported
into the European Union market.
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Consumer ire puts ATM
charges on hold
Vietnam News,
Vietnam, June 14, 2008
HA NOI — After
first announcing that all ATM transactions would be charged a
minimum fee of VND1,000 starting in July, the Viet Nam Bank
Card Association have now reconsidered their plan following
questions about the current state of ATM services and
infrastructure.
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Vietnam may be heading
towards financial crisis
International Enterprise Singapore, Singapore, June 05, 2008
FEARS are rising
that Vietnam may be headed for a financial meltdown after a
rapid reversal of its economic fortunes. A heady mix of
runaway inflation, a ballooning trade deficit and a possible
banking sector blow-up is sparking a growing cacophony of
warnings by economists.
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Oil firms say all’s well
while stations close
Vietnam News, Vietnam, June 04, 2008
HCM CITY — Oil
companies have assured there is no petroleum shortage in the
wake of a sudden closure this week of some filling stations in
HCM City and the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.
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