04-01-2005 18:15

Last year saw a dramatic rise in the development of Vietnam’s card market, with local and foreign banks leading the charge. The automated teller machines (ATMs) network is growing and more retailers are catching on by accepting card payments. But when will plastic money really take off in Vietnam?

12-01-2004 18:25

Tet, or the lunar new year, is just around the corner. Local businesses are scrambling to prepare goods for traditional festivities and hundreds of trade promotion programmes are being organised to woo clients. But, will there be enough goods for consumers and will the prices of commodities rise?