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[jackbl]

Import mobile phones cost too much money for Vietnamese
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VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the current big economic difficulties, the mobile phone market has been growing steadily. The national economy has spent billions of dollars to import the luxurious products.

A report by the General Department of Customs (GDC) has shown that Vietnam had spent 3.7 billion dollars by October 15 to import mobile phones and accessories.


The money spending race

The people, who call themselves the authentic citizens of the digital age, have been showing off their newly bought iPhone 5s on Facebook, Yahoo! and other social networks. Classified ads of newspapers show the offers to sell iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, nearly brand new, because the products’ owners are going to buy the latest generation iPhone – iPhone 5.

Nguyen Dong, 28, an office worker in HCM City, said he has sold his iPhone 4 at 8 million dong, and then bought an iPhone 5 at 23 million dong right after seeing the iPhone 5 in the hands of a colleague.

When asked why Dong insists on an iPhone 5, though his iPhone 4 still keeps working properly, Dong said he is a fan of high technology products, which would become out of date just overnight.

Huu, a businessman in district 10 of HCM City, said that he is a loyal client of Apple’s products. Therefore, he has many Apple’s things, including iPhone 3, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, and the New iPad.

“Previously, I kept every product of Apple, but I have just sold some of them, because they have been left unused,” he said, adding that he has bought the New iPad for the daughter who likes listening to music and playing games.

Especially, a lot of Vietnamese people tried to possess an iPhone 5 very soon; right after the first products hit the shelves in the US. Apple’s announced retail prices are 199, 299 and 399 dollars, while some Vietnamese people accepted to pay 30 million dong, or nearly 1500 dollars, to have the super products soon, before the products are available on a large scale in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese tendency of using luxurious expensive products instead of reasonable ones has helped make new high technology products sell like hot cakes in Vietnam, even though Vietnam is just a small part of the world’s high technology product market.



Too much dollar spent on luxurious products

Also according to the General Department of Customs, the import turnover of mobile phones and phone accessories in the first nine months of the year reached 3.44 billion dollars, an increase of 92 percent over the same period of the last year.

The figure would be even higher if counting on the mobile phones carried to Vietnam across the border gates by the people entering the country

A report by IDC Vietnam market survey firm showed that though the mobile market witnessed a decline in the second quarter in comparison with the first quarter of 2012, it still obtained the two-digit growth rate of 10.9 percent over the same period of the last year.

The 10.9 percent growth rate has been described as “impressive” in the context of the big economic difficulties with very high inventory index.

The two high technology groups in the world Nokia and Samsung still hold the biggest market share in Vietnam. Nokia had led the market by the second quarter of the year with 50 percent of the mobile phones sold on Vietnam bearing Nokia brand. Meanwhile, Samsung keeps leading the smart phone market.

Dr Nguyen Minh Phong has warned that the overly high spending on luxurious imports would have negative impacts on the national economy. Vietnam ha been wasting money on non-essential goods, while a lot of businesses complain they cannot buy foreign currencies to make payment for the import materials needed for local production.

Le Khac

[jackbl]

Offering fake gold, groom runs away from wedding ceremony
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VietNamNet Bridge – At around 10 am on October 2, a very rare incident happened at a wedding in Thanh My 2 Hamlet, Thanh Duc commune, Long Ho District, Vinh Long Province.

The incident took place on the morning of October 23 at the above address. The groom named Pham Hoang N., a resident of An Luong hamlet, Phu Duc commune, Long Ho District, went to the home of bride Nguyen Be T. in Thanh My 2 Village, Thanh Duc commune, Long Ho District, to bring her to his home. After the groom presented the bride some jewelry, the party began. While the party was very ebullient, the bride’s family found that the groom’s jewelry, including a pair of earrings, a necklace, a pair of wedding rings, and a bracelet are all fake gold.

At this time, the groom quickly left the party, leaving the master of wedding ceremony, who was also the representative of the groom’s family, named Nguyen Van Nam, at the bride’s home. Nam said he was just hired by the bridegroom to represent his family at the bride’s home.

Bride Nguyen Be T. said she and the groom had known each other for over 2 months. T. was completely ignorant of the groom and his family but she agreed to marry N.

Mrs. Pham Thi Diem Phan, mother of the bride, said: "Before the wedding, the groom’s adoptive parents came here to see us to discuss the wedding. My daughter agreed so we approved the wedding. However, on the wedding day we did not see the groom’s parents, only a man who called himself the groom family’s headman and several people, so we began suspecting."

According to Phan, suspicious signs were exposed when the groom presented gold jewelry to the bride: the jewelry was covered by a towel; the grooms presented the gold to the bride very promptly; and the offerings did not include VND 10 million ($500) of cash for the wedding party. After that, a bridesmaid named Tham detected that all the gold is fake.

The groom hurriedly left the wedding on a motorbike taxi, leaving his fake relatives at the bride’s home. The bride’s family immediately reported the case to the police and local authorities.

Mr. Pham Dang Khoa, chief of Thanh My 2 Village, said: "Mr. Quang’s (the bride’s father) family is poor. They do not have land for production so they earn their living by working as hired laborers. The bride is the 2nd child in the family. She works for a nearby coffee shop. This is the first time Mr. Quang’s family held a wedding for their child, so the ceremony was attended by many people."

According to neighbors, after the rare incident, the wedding was still underway until 8 pm. The bride was drunk so she could not see the police.

A neighbor, Ms. Nguyen Thi Nam, 75, said: "I’ve lived my whole life to see such a thrilling story like this. From the groom to his patriarch and wedding gold are all fake."

The real "groom" is a ... girl?

According to the local people, representatives of the groom’s family included only six people, including groom Pham Hoang N, the headman of the groom’s family Nguyen Van Nam and four others – three of them were lesbians.

When the truth was exposed, the groom ran away from the wedding. The groom’s family representative Nguyen Van Nam (a resident of Ward 4, Vinh Long city) claimed that he was hired to attend the wedding. He could not escape because he has an artificial leg. Others also fled from the wedding.

According to Mr. Pham Dang Khoa, chief of Thanh My 2 Village said the groom named Nghia was also rented. The real "groom" was a girl who accompanied the groom, named Pham HC, a homosexual.

The bride also admitted that she had known C. for more than two months, when she worked for a coffee shop in the city of Vinh Long.

The authorities are investigating this rare incident.

Compiled by M. Lan

[Botarbolampar]

Bro jackbl, Interesting news about Vn, thanks.

[vietboy]

Originally Posted by STi-

Any bros got tips and guidance to share for going to vietnam? My 1st trip heading to hanoi. Are they using more on USD or Dong? Is it easy to get a taxi around, I hear that taxi are expensive over there? My TV cannot make it so do people there speaks english or chinese? Any bros able to assist and share some experience so that not only me but bros from this forum can gain some knowledge from here. Cheers!

Whether thaey use USD or Dong more, i believed its the same as HCMC. Anyway there is another thread on Hanoi u can go check it out and ask the bros there.
http://sbf.directory/showthr...ighlight=hanoi
Enjoy yur trip.

[vietboy]

Originally Posted by songsonglah

I don't have bx lah. Just occasional drinker at joo chiat. The vbs there don't think I'm worth their effort to seduce cause 1 month I only go 1-2 times. Next the time I go again, the one sat with me before already go back.

1-2 times a month is better than me. I go once in a few months there to eat at the viet restaurants with my bx.
Isn't it good? Can sit Different girl each time u go.

[forgotoldnick]

Originally Posted by vietboy

1-2 times a month is better than me. I go once in a few months there to eat at the viet restaurants with my bx.
Isn't it good? Can sit Different girl each time u go.

Jc which restaurant u n ur bx like? Long phung?

[AdGuy]

Long Phung is an overated restaurant with poor service.

My girl and i banned that place liao

[songsonglah]

Originally Posted by AdGuy

Long Phung is an overated restaurant with poor service.

My girl and i banned that place liao

Then how about the one at Grandlink Square, just off Geylang? They've been there for long long time already.

[vietboy]

Originally Posted by forgotoldnick

Jc which restaurant u n ur bx like? Long phung?

Yes, LP but LP sometimes very crowded and have to queue up to wait for tables. So sometimes we go QG.

[vietboy]

Originally Posted by AdGuy

Long Phung is an overated restaurant with poor service.

My girl and i banned that place liao

Ya, their service is poor. Any other place to recommend?

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by songsonglah

Then how about the one at Grandlink Square, just off Geylang? They've been there for long long time already.

Little Vietnam?

I like it there better... but that's just me

Originally Posted by vietboy

Ya, their service is poor. Any other place to recommend?

Personally I prefer 233 oppo sbox

[STi-]

Originally Posted by vietboy

Whether thaey use USD or Dong more, i believed its the same as HCMC. Anyway there is another thread on Hanoi u can go check it out and ask the bros there.
http://sbf.directory/showthr...ighlight=hanoi
Enjoy yur trip.

Bro Vietboy, thanks for the reply, will check out the thread. I'm just afraid that unable to communicate with the local there since i don't speak good TV. So in term of going around scare will tio tok.

[vietboy]

Originally Posted by songsonglah

Then how about the one at Grandlink Square, just off Geylang? They've been there for long long time already.

That one so-so only, I tried before their com suong, nothing to shout about and the portion a bit small. There's another one in GL, its near M51, at the other corner, forgot the name. That one is better.

[vietboy]

Originally Posted by STi-

Bro Vietboy, thanks for the reply, will check out the thread. I'm just afraid that unable to communicate with the local there since i don't speak good TV. So in term of going around scare will tio tok.

Speak good TV also no use, once they know u r a nuoc ngoai, still u will tio tok.

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by STi-

Bro Vietboy, thanks for the reply, will check out the thread. I'm just afraid that unable to communicate with the local there since i don't speak good TV. So in term of going around scare will tio tok.

That's part of the experience

Alternatively, you can use my services haha