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Customers shop at a Lotte Mart store in HCM City. The Korean supermarket chain is offering big promotions celebrate its 10th anniversary in Viet Nam. — VNS Photo South Korea-owned Lotte Mart has launched promotions, including 10,000 gifts to shoppers, discounts of 10-50 per cent on thousands of products, and increased reward points from now until November 27 to thank its loyal customers on its 10th anniversary in Viet Nam. Customers with bills worth at least VND300,000 can buy items like Trung Nguyen Legend classic coffee, Ariel detergent 650gr, Tuong An cooking oil 1l, and two boxes of Choice L tissues for just VND10,000. Those with bills worth at least VND500,000 can take part in a lucky spin of a wheel in which everyone will win prizes such as porcelain cups, Sunhouse stainless steel cookware sets, Trung Nguyen Legend classic coffee, Lotte Mart gift cards and others. On “Black Friday” (November 23), it will offer great sales on many products. To celebrate … [Read more...] about Lotte Mart’s 10 years in VN marked by promotion

The national carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially welcomed the new Airbus A321neo, starting its launch of an additional 20 narrow-body aircraft scheduled for delivery by the end of next year.— Photo zing.vn The national carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially welcomed the new Airbus A321neo, starting its launch of an additional 20 narrow-body aircraft scheduled for delivery by the end of next year. This is the next strategy undertaken by Vietnam Airlines soon after the successful renovation of the fleet of wide-body aircraft with two of the world’s most modern models, the Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A350-900. How will Vietnam Airlines improve with the Airbus A321neo? In terms of position or quality of service, Vietnam Airlines is a pioneer in the Vietnamese aviation industry. The addition of a new line of narrow, high performance, fuel-efficient Airbus A321neo in its fleet of over 90 aircraft is considered a strategic step to raise business results. With over 60 years of … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines increase competitiveness with new aircraft

At Co.opmart and Co.opXtra supermarkets nationwide from now until November 21, the more customers buy a particular product, the more discounts they get. – VNS Thien Thu The “Sincerely Thank Customers in 2018” month at Co.opmart and Co.opXtra supermarkets with many unique incentives and huge discounts, specially the “Buy more, get more discounts” programme until November 21, has attracted a large number of customers. Under the “Buy more, get more discounts” programme, the more customers buy a particular product, the more discounts they get. Therefore, to benefit, many customers have been buying discounted products under the programme ranging from food and cosmetics to household appliances. For instance, a 4kg bottle of Lix green tea dishwashing liquid has a shock discount when customers buy a second item: its price falls from VND98,000 to only VND1,000. Many products have their prices cut to just VND1,000-74,900 for the second item at Co.opmart … [Read more...] about Only 3 days left to buy a 4kg dish washing liquid for VND1,000 at Co.opmart, Co.opXtra

Co.opmart and Co.opXtra will continue to offer big discounts during the weekend from November 16 to 18 under their “Super Sales” promotion programme, which traditionally attracts a lot of customers. — Photo Thien Thu From November 16 to 18 more than 100 Co.opmart and Co.opXtra supermarkets around the country will continue to run the “Super Sales” promotion programme with big discounts on more than 50 essential items. This is a promotion programme with very high discount rates, and usually applies on weekends. “Super Sales”, despite requiring customers to spend at least VND400,000, has always attracted a lot of customers because they can save a lot of money in buying necessary items. On Friday (November 16) the price of a 1.8L Co.opmart EJK418 kettle will be slashed to VND299,000, that of a 5L bottle of Co.opmart cooking oil to VND114,900 and that of two 40x60cm SGC pillows to VND99,000. On Saturday (November 17) a set of heat-resistant … [Read more...] about Buy quality products cheap at Co.opmart, Co.opXtra

Joanne Gasgonia, general manager of Crescent Mall in HCM City, and Alex Baillie, vice president, marketing, Disney South Asia, sign an agreement to organise Mickey-themed Christmas celebrations at the mall in District 7. — Photo courtesy of Crescent Mall Walt Disney South Asia has signed an agreement with HCM City’s Crescent Mall to jointly organise a series of events to celebrate Christmas called “Celebrate the Magic” from November 10 to December 31. The events will be organised at the mall in District 7 and include a Magical Mickey Display and a décor area where visitors can take pictures and play games and visit a Mickey movie corner. Visitors can also buy Disney merchandise and take photos with Mickey and Minnie mascots at 12:30, 14:30, 15:30, 17:30 and 19:00 every day. Customers spending a minimum of VNĐ3 million (US$128.70) can receive gifts and take part in weekend lucky draws whose prizes include a trip to Hong Kong Disneyland for four people. … [Read more...] about Disney, Crescent Mall sign deal to organise Christmas events

A meeting between the organisers, judges and interested visitors of Total Marketing & Services Việt Nam’s start-up competition, in which its winners may proceed to compete in a global competition. – Photo courtesy of Total Total Marketing & Services Viet Nam is organising a contest for Vietnamese start-ups with the winner possibly going on to compete in “Startupper of the Year”, a global competition held by French oil and gas company Total S.A. The “Startupper of the Year” contest in Viet Nam will have five prizes, with the grand prize being a cash award of VND335 million (US$14,369). The winner will first compete in the Asia Pacific region and the winner there will travel to Paris for the global finale and a chance to meet young global entrepreneurs and experts in the field next March. Hundreds of applications have been received so far from start-ups in sectors such as construction, IT, environment, and energy. — VNS … [Read more...] about French oil firm Total organises start-up contest

The French Feast in Saigon presents the best flavours of authentic French cuisine. — VNS Hotel Equatorial has announced its exclusive French Feast in Saigon event from November 14 - 20. The dinner buffet will feature a special launch evening on November 15 to celebrate the release of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau on that day. Renowned guest French chef Jean Michel Fraisse will travel to HCM City to cook up a storm and bring his artisan flair to deliver a traditional French dining experience not to be missed! Chef Jean Michel Fraisse is the owner of the highly esteemed restaurant French Feast in Kuala Lumpur, notably famed for its deliciously authentic regional French cuisine. The joy of artisanal French cheese will be celebrated with a raclette dining experience at the hotel’s Orientica Restaurant on Friday, November 16. Indulge in molten cheese from the French Alps, scraped onto your plate of crispy potato, shavings of air-dried and cured meat and sausages, topped … [Read more...] about French Feast in Saigon at Hotel Equatorial

Vietnam Airlines General Director Duong Tri Thanh (Left) and LY General Director Gonen Usishkin at the signing ceremony. — VNA/VNS Photo Vietnam Airlines and AI EI Israel Airlines (LY) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a codeshare partnership to enhance connectivity between the two markets. The signing ceremony took place at the head office of the Israeli carrier in Tel Aviv. Under the agreement, from November this year, customers can purchase with either Vietnam Airlines or LY for flights between Ha Noi/HCM City and Tel Aviv via Bangkok and Hong Kong Vietnam Airlines will operate flights between Ha Noi/HCM City and Bangkok/Hong Kong, while LY will run services between Bangkok/Hong Kong and Tel Aviv. This new codeshare aims to enhance flight connectivity between Tel Aviv to both Ha Noi and HCM City via Bangkok and Hong Kong. Speaking at the event, Vietnam Airlines General Director Duong Tri Thanh expressed delight at launching the partnership on the … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines and EI AI Israel Airlines launch codeshare partnership

The Role Play Contest’s final round occurs in HCM City. — VNS Photo   Japanese retailer Aeonmall has brought to Viet Nam Role Play Contest, which it has been organising in its home country for more than 20 years. The contest is organised to encourage employees to show their knowledge of goods and products sold at Aeonmall, ingenuity in handling difficult situations and customer service. The final was held on Friday. The contest, which had the slogan “Touch the heart – Spread the smile”, saw nearly 400 employees from Aeonmall’s four outlets in Viet Nam take part. In the first round, contestants had three minutes to welcome a customer, understand their needs, suggest the most suitable products, convince the customer, and close the sale. In the second round, 108 contestants were challenged by “demanding customers”. The eight top contestants took part in the final after undergoing intensive training from Japanese experts. Their … [Read more...] about Aeonmall brings time-honoured employee contest to Việt Nam

Signify has unveiled its new Internet of Things platform, Interact. — VNS Photo Signify (former Phillips Lighting) has unveiled its new Internet of Things platform, Interact, and connected lighting systems that can generate and upload data to the platform to power a growing portfolio of data-enabled services. Signify has already installed 29 million connected light points world-wide and plans for every new LED product it produces to be connectable by 2020. This growing number of connected light points, sensors and devices, as well as systems, can collect large volumes of data, which Interact is designed to handle. The scalable, cloud-based platform uses sophisticated and modern data management and data processing capabilities to create data-enabled services for customers that will deliver benefits beyond illumination. A typical example of such a service is occupancy data from different buildings, combined and analysed to help managers to understand and predict how people use … [Read more...] about Signify unveils Internet of Things platform