Vietnamese consumers need legal protections

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VOV News English 33 month(s) ago 1 related news

Vietnamese consumers need legal protections

Despite the fact that there are now 80 decrees and 20 organisations related to consumers’ rights, consumers are still not adequately protected.
According to a recent survey by the Consumer Protection Association, 55 percent of consumers are not aware of their rights.
Every year the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) deals with 100,000 violations of consumer rights and the Vietnam Standard and Consumer Protection Association (VINASTAS) receives thousands of complaints from consumers across the country.
Consumers can protect their rights by...

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Instant noodle manufacturers’ trickeries make consumer indignant

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VietnamNet English 12 month(s) ago

Instant noodle manufacturers’ trickeries make consumer indignant

VietNamNet Bridge – Instead of trying to persuade consumers that their instant noodle products are delicious, nutritious and cheap, manufacturers nowadays try to arouse consumers’ compassion or threaten consumers with the information about the dangers if consumers don’t use their products.

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62 percent of consumers admit to buying fake, low-quality goods

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SaiGon GP English 43 month(s) ago

62 percent of consumers admit to buying fake, low-quality goods

The Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinastas)’s southern office said that last year it received 181 complaints and 207 opinions from consumers about products available in the local market, nearly 21 percent more than in 2008.

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How to harmonise interests between consumers and businesses

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VOV News English 49 month(s) ago

How to harmonise interests between consumers and businesses

The Law on Consumer Protection is being built to replace the Ordinance on Consumer Interest Protection issued in 1999. The law serves as a legal foundation for protecting the legitimate interests of consumers.
The draft law regulates issues related to the responsibility of businesses before, after and during their transactions with consumers and methods that can be used by consumers to protect their rights.
To ensure the feasibility and efficiency of the law, during the drafting process, it has received...

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Safe vegetables need better promotion

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

Safe vegetables need better promotion

Up to 90 per cent of consumers cannot identify safe vegetables, according to a survey by the Viet Nam Standards and Consumers Association (VINASTAS).

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Chinese goods bear VN labels to dupe consumers

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 6 month(s) ago

With local consumers increasingly turning their backs on Chinese goods, many products have been labeled as Vietnamese to dupe consumers into thinking that they are locally manufactured, and thus manage to win huge consumption despite their poor quality.

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Vinamilk called ‘reliable business'

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VietNam News English 8 month(s) ago

The Viet Nam Standards and Consumers Association (Vinatas) yesterday honoured Viet Nam Diary Products Co (Vinamilk) as the first company recognised as a "reliable business for consumers".

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Consumers urged to protect themselves

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VOV News English 15 month(s) ago

Consumers urged to protect themselves

(VOV) - Consumers should protect their legitimate rights by improving their knowledge about the quality and design of products they buy.

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New high-income consumers emerge in Vietnam

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 18 month(s) ago

New high-income consumers emerge in Vietnam

While low-income consumers still consider product prices the most important factor in their spending, a new class of consumers who can spend up to US$4,800 each time they shop has emerged in Vietnam, a recent survey has found.

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Many Vietnamese consumers ignorant of their rights

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SaiGon GP English 23 month(s) ago

Many Vietnamese consumers ignorant of their rights

More than half of Vietnamese consumers are not aware of their rights, according to information from an online conference organized by the Government website on Friday.

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Vietnamese consumers need legal protections

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Hanoi Times English 33 month(s) ago 1 related news

Vietnamese consumers need legal protections

The Hanoitimes - Despite the fact that there are now 80 decrees and 20 organisations related to consumers’ rights, consumers are still not adequately protected.

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Vietnamese consumers need legal protections

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Báo ĐCS English 33 month(s) ago

Vietnamese consumers need legal protections

Despite the fact that there are now 80 decrees and 20 organisations related to consumers’ rights, consumers are still not adequately protected.

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Businesses embrace everyday consumers

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VietStock FI English 46 month(s) ago 1 related news

Instead of making high quality, expensive products for export, many companies have focused on producing popular products for everyday consumers. It’s been a wise move as these companies require only small budgets for marketing and their prices attract many consumers.

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Tablet sales surge as consumers shun PCs

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Báo Đầu Tư English 2 week(s) ago

Tablet sales surge as consumers shun PCs

Global sales of tablet computers surged by 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as more and more consumers chose small-screen devices over PCs, research figures showed Wednesday.

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Instalment plans take advantage of Vietnamese consumers

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

Instalment plans take advantage of Vietnamese consumers

The credit industry has been a relatively recent introduction to the country, and some financing companies have been taking advantage of consumers' lack of knowledge.

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