Vietnamese goods have to go through many intermediaries to enter foreign supermarket chains. As a result, enterprises have to pay high costs to sell their goods, and cannot develop their brands. 

VietNamNet Bridge - In order to be able to display products at supermarkets, manufacturers have to satisfy many requirements set by supermarkets, including extremely unreasonable ones.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man in Hanoi has converted an old bus into a café and is attracting a steady of curious patronage.

VietNamNet Bridge – Powerful foreign businesses are encountering obstacles in their attempts to acquire Vietnamese retailers.

 The former boss of Sainsbury's supermarket has issued a strong warning about the costs for retailers of doing business in an independent Scotland.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The amount of plastic bags used every year in Vietnam has been increasing rapidly, even though they have been heavily taxed since 2012.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Retailers hunting for retail premises to open shops to enlarge their distribution networks, have bubbled over with joy as a lot of products have been put on sale, with very reasonable prices.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of enterprises in the fields of real estate, finance & banking, consumer goods have suddenly jumped into the retail market.

VietNamNet Bridge – In order to obtain the room at supermarkets to display products, manufacturers have to follow complicated procedures and pay different kinds of fees.

Painter and curator Le Thiet Cuong, 51, assumes the role of selecting artworks by 10 young artists to introduce to the public. Cuong has selected a trade center in Hanoi to organize this exhibition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health (MOH) plans to curb the immoderate formula price increases by including some kinds of products into the list of products for price control.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prices of a vast array of commodities are poised to rise from this month despite the low purchasing power as input costs have been increasing steadily, said retailers and researchers.

Displaying goods at supermarkets is the quickest way for manufacturers to develop their brands and expand the distribution networks.