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  • Crackdown in Da Nang: Seven Retailers Face Hefty Fines for Peddling Counterfeit Luxury Brands

    Crackdown in Da Nang: Seven Retailers Face Hefty Fines for Peddling Counterfeit Luxury Brands

    The Market Surveillance Department has issued fines totaling VND215 million (US$8,163.74) to seven retail stores in Da Nang, Vietnam for selling fake merchandise from brands such as Gucci and Nike. The shops, located in popular tourist areas Son Tra and Hoi An, have been instructed to dispose of all counterfeit items.

    Counterfeit Items Seized in April Raid

    The fines come as a result of an early April raid, during which authorities seized 295 handbags from brands such as Gucci, Chanel, Hermes, and Fendi, along with 27 pairs of Nike sneakers. All of these items were suspected to be counterfeit.

    The raided establishments were unable to provide proper documents or invoices for these goods, which are estimated to have a value of nearly VND178 million if they were authentically produced.

    Raids Part of Broader Campaign

    These raids are part of a larger initiative leading up to the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival, an annual event that draws large crowds of both local and international tourists.

    The Market Surveillance Department has indicated that they will continue to conduct inspections in shopping and tourist areas. They warned that repeat or serious offenders may be referred to investigative authorities if there is evidence of criminal activity.

    In an effort to further prevent the sale of counterfeit and low-quality goods, authorities are also ramping up public awareness campaigns. These initiatives aim to educate businesses on legal compliance and help consumers identify counterfeit products.

    Questions & Answers

    Why were these retail stores in Da Nang fined?
    They were fined for selling counterfeit merchandise from brands including Gucci and Nike.

    What action was taken after the counterfeit items were discovered?
    The shops were levied with fines and ordered to dispose of all counterfeit goods.

    What measures are authorities taking to prevent the sale of counterfeit goods?
    Authorities are conducting regular inspections, particularly in tourist and shopping areas. They are also running public awareness campaigns to educate businesses about legal compliance and help consumers detect counterfeit and low-quality goods.

  • Da Nang Retailer Faces $3,800 Penalty for Peddling Counterfeit Gucci and Chanel Goods

    Da Nang Retailer Faces $3,800 Penalty for Peddling Counterfeit Gucci and Chanel Goods

    A store in the central city of Da Nang faced significant penalties for hawking counterfeit luxury goods, including popular brands like Gucci, Chanel, and Dior.

    The Mega Premium Shopping Mall, a family-operated establishment located on Tran Phu Street, was slapped with a fine exceeding VND100 million (approximately US$3,825) after market inspectors uncovered a trove of 232 counterfeit items valued at over VND183 million. The fakes not only featured high-end names such as Bottega Veneta and Celine but also found their way into the hands of unsuspecting tourists.

    Authorities took swift action, destroying the counterfeit goods after seizing them during a series of raids. These operations, which took place in May, targeted several shops in the bustling downtown area where counterfeit items were rampant. Just a stone’s throw from the beach, these unassuming storefronts capitalized on the tourist influx, offering cheap imitations of luxury products.

    Notably, during an inspection at The Black Label shop at 156 Tran Phu, staff took the not-so-subtle approach of barricading the doors, continuing to sell to foreign customers inside. Meanwhile, CoCo Accessory & Bag at 144 Tran Phu offered goods priced from a mere few hundred thousand dong up to VND2 million, luring bargain-hunting shoppers looking for designer labels.

    Two other outlets, Gu at 27 Hung Vuong and Mirror Shop at 15 Nguyen Thai Hoc, were caught displaying an assortment of goods of dubious legitimacy. Collectively, nearly 2,000 counterfeit items were seized, and multiple businesses faced fines. Gu was fined VND77.5 million for selling knockoffs and an additional VND45 million for dealing in unverified products. The Black Label Shop, on the other hand, faced a hefty VND111 million fine and an order to destroy 127 fake items.

    This crackdown comes at the behest of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which is zealously working to combat smuggling, commercial fraud, and the prevalence of counterfeit goods across Vietnam. In a market where luxury brands should signify quality and prestige, the presence of these knockoffs serves as a cautionary tale for both consumers and the industry alike.

    Questions & Answers

    What prompted the crackdown on counterfeit goods in Da Nang?
    The Ministry of Industry and Trade ordered the crackdown as part of a broader initiative to combat smuggling, commercial fraud, and counterfeit goods across Vietnam.

    How much was the Mega Premium Shopping Mall fined for selling counterfeit items?
    The store faced fines exceeding VND100 million, which is approximately US$3,825, for selling counterfeit luxury goods.

    What types of counterfeit products were being sold in Da Nang?
    The inspected stores offered a range of counterfeit luxury items, including brands like Gucci, Chanel, Dior, Bottega Veneta, and Celine, luring unsuspecting shoppers with the promise of high-end fashion at low prices.

  • Swedish brand H&M opens first Da Nang store

    Swedish brand H&M opens first Da Nang store

    Swedish fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) opened its first store in Da Nang and eighth in the country on Thursday.

    The 1,600 square meter outlet is located in the Vincom Ngo Quyen mall in downtown Da Nang. Starting from VND99,000 ($4.27), the story aims to offer reasonably priced products for men, women, and children.

    Fredrik Famm, the brand’s Southeast Asia manager, said popular travel hotspot Da Nang was a market with good potential and they could open even more outlets in the central city.

    H&M was keeping its prices reasonable in order to develop sustainably in Vietnam, Famm said.

    With three outlets in Hanoi and four in Ho Chi Minh City, H&M is now established in all three regions of the country, while its Spanish competitor Zara has only two in Hanoi and HCMC.

    The expansion of H&M comes as major international brands set up shop in Vietnam to tap a rapidly growing fashion market.

    Australian brand Cotton On opened its first store in HCMC earlier this month, while Japanese casual wear retailer Uniqlo announced it would open its first store in the country on December 6, also in HCMC.

    The fashion garments industry, estimated at $5 billion in 2018, is expected to reach $7 billion by 2023.

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  • Cuckoo clock inspires Vietnam cafe

    Cuckoo clock inspires Vietnam cafe

    Design firm Tropical Space has built a coffee shop inspired by a cuckoo clock in Vietnamese seaside city Da Nang.

    The design, featured by Dezeen, features a brick structure with a house perched on top, with the coffee shop forming a single-storey base and the house extending out over the garden area. The local clay brick base is inset with vaulting arches surrounding a large courtyard and the glass-walled shop area.

    “Habits mean most people’s daily lives usually take place in functional spaces,” said the firm’s architects. “We have detached the walls that define these spaces to offer buffer space, urging people to leave their rooms and join together.”

    The house area, divided into three distinct blocks, feature spaces that can be closed off by small cuckoo clock-style wooden doors.

    The shells of perforated brickwork create cool, shaded spaces that admit natural light, and reflect other designs by the firm built in the region.

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  • Shilla Vietnam to open hotel at Da Nang

    Shilla Vietnam to open hotel at Da Nang

    Hotel Shilla announced Tuesday that it will actively begin expanding its brand abroad this year, the first new location being a resort in Da Nang, Vietnam. “Starting with Da Nang, we hope to expand our brand to more than 10 overseas locations in Southeast Asia, United States and China,” the hotel company said in a statement. Hotel Shilla is Samsung’s hotel and duty-free business arm. The 46-year-old company currently operates The Shilla Seoul and The Shilla Jeju.

    It also runs 11 business hotels under its Shilla Stay name.

    The company said that it will expand overseas through hotel management agreements with local companies, a common structuring for hotel chains. This means the local partner will own the hotel building while Shilla will operate the business. For Shilla, this minimizes investment risks.

    Shilla’s new Da Nang hotel – slated to open this year under the brand-new Shilla Monogram name – will be a nine-floor building with 300 rooms. The hotel will be located on Non Nuoc Beach in Da Nang, a popular destination for Korean tourists.

    The hotel, still under construction, will feature an outdoor pool, restaurants and bars. Every room will be equipped with a balcony.

    Hotel Shilla also announced that it is preparing to open a 200-room premium business hotel in San Jose in Silicon Valley, California, under its Shilla Stay brand by 2021.

    “We hope to continue raising more revenues abroad by expanding our overseas hotel business,” said a Hotel Shilla spokesperson.

    Some 20 percent of the company’s total revenues today, or 1 trillion won ($892.5 million), come from abroad. Hotel Shilla operates several duty-free stores in domestic and foreign airports, including locations at three of Asia’s busiest airports: Singapore’s Changi Airport, Hong Kong International Airport and Incheon International Airport.

    Hotel Shilla has been operating Jinji Lake Shilla Hotel in Suzhou, China, since 2006. It was the first overseas hotel managed by the company.

    Following Tuesday’s announcement, Hotel Shilla’s stock prices closed at 76,100 won on Tuesday, 1.33 percent higher than Monday.

    As for upcoming domestic projects, Hotel Shilla is planning to open a hotel themed after hanok, or traditional Korean houses, by 2023 in central Seoul.

    If the company receives approval to build the new hotel from domestic land authorities, it will become the first to operate such a hotel in Seoul.

  • Flights from Da Nang to Osaka for Vietnam Airlines

    Flights from Da Nang to Osaka for Vietnam Airlines

    The first non-stop flights from Da Nang to Japan will begin on 28 October, the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has confirmed. The airline will use an Airbus A321 with services meeting 4-star standards to cover the 2,114 miles (3,403 kilometers) from Da Nang to Japan’s Osaka City, with flights taking around four and a half-hour.

    The airline will operate 7 return flights each week. The non-stop flights will depart from Da Nang at 00:20 am, and from Osaka at 09:30 am local time. This will be the 11th air route to Japan operated by the Vietnam Airlines after those from Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang to Japanese cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka.

    Mr. Nguyen Duc Quynh – Executive Vice Chairman of Danang Hotel Association, Deputy General Director of Furama Resort Danang, opined: “The Japan market recently makes up 10% of Danang tourism industry and continue to increase strongly. Thanks to this new direct air-route that we will have more opportunity to attract this potential market, as well as introduces the “fantastic-city” of Danang to Japan. We need to take advantage of this chance by providing more Japan-friendly services, promoting our venue as not only Leisure but also an ideal MICE destination. Danang tourism colleges and Hotels in Danang should provide more Japanese language training to their tour guides and staff to welcome more and more tourists from Japan to the City.”

    As reported, from 2011 – 2017, the number of visitors from Japan had increased 18 times, especially, 2016 – 2017 period eyes a rise of 23,000 tourists. Not only Japan market, overview the snapshot of Danang tourism, air travelers to Da Nang increased 40% over the same period last year. The number of international visitors to Da Nang is concentrated mainly in North East Asia (Korea, China, Japan) through direct flights to Da Nang. The number of international flights this year at Da Nang International Airport is 183, an increase of 76 flights over the same period of 2017.

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  • Phuc Long Danang to open soon

    Phuc Long Danang to open soon

    Vietnamese coffee and tea chain Phuc Long is expanding into Danang next month.

    The brand will open two stores inside Lotte Mart and on Nguyen Van Linh Street in the city’s Hai Chau district.

    The chain has also enriched its food menu, offering traditional Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches alongside croissants, cookies, waffles and tiramisu.

    Targeting younger customers, Phuc Long is considered a competitor with international chain Starbucks and local rival The Coffee House.

    Established in 1968 in the highlands of Lam Dong, Phuc Long started by selling packaged Vietnamese traditional coffee and tea through retail stores. Phuc Long expanded to Ho Chi Minh City during 1980s with both retail stores and a coffee chain. The brand now has 25 stores across the city.

    Starbucks opened its first store in Danang last month.

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  • Starbucks opens first coffee store in Danang

    Starbucks opens first coffee store in Danang

    While the Hilton hotel complex is still under construction in Da Nang, there was a queue all morning despite chilly weather when Starbucks Vietnam opened an outlet on the site on Saturday.

    Queue outside Starbucks on the cafe’s opening day at the unfinished Hilton Da Nang.

    On the ground floor of the unfinished building, it is the US coffee chain’s first outlet for the tourist city. Hilton has not yet released an opening day for its riverside hotel in Da Nang.

    Starbucks Vietnam GM Patricia Marques says the chain has further plans for this, its fifth year. It opened its first store in Ho Chi Minh City in February 2013 and this is its 35th outlet. It also has cafes in Hanoi and Hai Phong.

     

    To mark its fifth anniversary, Starbucks Vietnam is offering special prices with extra points under its Starbucks Rewards program.

    The company has also re-introduced its Starbucks Reserve Da Lat coffee, which first made an appearance in 2016.

  • Uber & Grab hit roadblock in Da Nang

    Uber & Grab hit roadblock in Da Nang

    In a proposal submitted to the Da Nang Department of Information and Communications, the local Traffic Safety Committee wrote that the unauthorized operations of Uber and Grab could worsen traffic in the city.

    The committee asked the department to have internet providers block access to Uber and Grab apps and also asked police to investigate and punish any individual or organization found to be offering transport services illegally in the city.

    Department Director Mr. Nguyen Quang Thanh confirmed with local media on March 4 that the proposal is under consideration but more time is needed for study before advising the city’s government on a final decision.

    The latest move comes after Da Nang, on November 25, declined to run a pilot car hailing project by Grab. In a statement sent to the Ministry of Transport, Da Nang said Grab’s presence in the city would cause a sharp rise in the number of private cars and taxis, worsening congestion.

    The ministry had earlier that month asked Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the northern province of Quang Ninh and the central province of Khanh Hoa to allow Grab to launch trial operations.

    Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, General Manager of Grab Vietnam, told local media the company hopes to meet with Da Nang officials to find a solution to the city’s concerns.

    Meanwhile, a representative from Uber said the company has not received any notice from Da Nang authorities and is actually focusing on Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and does not have plans to expand to Da Nang just yet.

    The arrival of Singaporean transport app Uber and the Malaysian-based Grab over the last two years has put traditional taxi drivers, generally made up of men with few resources, under threat.

    Accustomed to negotiating the price with passengers before hitting the road, many motorcycle taxi drivers are unable to compete with the rates offered by these apps or with the convenience of booking the service and knowing the price in advance.

    Although Grab and Uber have recruited thousands of existing taxi drivers for their fleets, many refuse to join because of an unfamiliarity with new technology or simply because they refuse to give a percentage of their income to the companies.

    Last month, Uber had its application to operate on a trial basis rejected for a second time.

    The company applied for a license after local regulators outlawed its smartphone app-based services in November 2015, due mainly to its failure to establish an independent legal entity in Vietnam.

    Market regulators declared that the company behind the ride-sharing service that controls Uber in Vietnam should be held responsible for the app rather than its Vietnamese business unit, which is yet to be recognized as a legal entity by local authorities.

    Transport authorities have also asked Uber Vietnam to make changes to its app by registering itself as licensed ride service provider, apart from existing services such as “consulting and management” and “market research and public opinion polling”.

    GrabTaxi is the only foreign-run transport service allowed to operate in five cities in Vietnam using registered private vehicles between 2016 and 2018.

    Uber, however, has been singled out for providing ride-hailing services without legal permission.

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  • Vietnam to change landline codes in Da Nang, Hue this weekend

    Vietnam to change landline codes in Da Nang, Hue this weekend

    The country plans to change the telephone area codes in 59 cities and provinces, starting with 13 this Sunday. Vietnam will change the landline telephone area codes in Da Nang and 12 central and northern mountainous provinces from Sunday, the first step in a long-term plan to simplify the country’s telecommunications network.

    The codes will start with a “2” and be either two or three digits long. Callers will be required to dial the new area code (plus the 7-digit number) to place a domestic call.

    Also on the list are Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue, home to popular resort towns Hoi An and Hue.

    Later phases finishing in August will change the codes in another 46 localities including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The codes in Vinh Phuc (211), Phu Tho (21), Hoa Binh (18) and Ha Giang (19) in northern Vietnam will remain the same.

    Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan said that people’s existing phone numbers will remain the same and there won’t be any changes to calls between fixed line numbers within the same province.

    However, the changes will affect calls between different provinces and incoming calls from mobile phones and foreign countries to a fixed line number in Vietnam, Tuan said. In these cases, callers will be required to use the new area codes.

    Vietnam constructed its first repository of phone numbers in 2006 after eliminating a monopoly in the telecommunications sector, but the area codes and network codes of the previous networks have been left unchanged to avoid confusion.

    The ministry hopes that the area code change will solve inconsistencies in Vietnam’s area code system without having a big impact on Vietnam’s telecom traffic and users.

    Reports on Vietnam’s telecoms sector show that inter-provincial calls and mobile and international calls to fixed landlines in Vietnam only account for 1.6 percent of the country’s total telecom traffic.

    The ministry said the changes will be the first step in a long-term plan to reduce the number of area codes from 63 to only 10. Under the plan, adjacent provinces and cities will be grouped into regions with one area code. This should make the telecom network easier to manage, while people living in provinces with same area code will enjoy lower call rates.

    Areas subject to telephone code changes from February 11:

    No. Province/City Old Area Code New Area Code
    1 Son La 22 212
    2 Lai Chau 231 213
    3 Lao Cai 20 214
    4 Dien Bien 230 215
    5 Yen Bai 29 216
    6 Quang Binh 52 232
    7 Quang Tri 53 233
    8 Thua Thien-Hue 54 234
    9 Quang Nam 510 235
    10 Da Nang 511 236
    11 Thanh Hoa 37 237
    12 Nghe An 38 238
    13 Ha Tinh 39 239
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  • Da Nang: the ‘Singapore of Vietnam’

    Da Nang: the ‘Singapore of Vietnam’

    Whereas Ho Chi Minh Metropolis hogs the limelight in Vietnam’s financial growth, additional north the nation’s third largest metropolis is nicely on its method to its objective of turning into ‘the Singapore of Vietnam’.

    Over the previous 5 years, Da Nang metropolis has undergone a constructing growth, spending US$four.5 billion on infrastructure tasks. For eight years in a row, the town has ranked prime within the Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index for the classes of excellent governance and business-friendly insurance policies.

    Da Nang is the primary business and academic middle of central Vietnam, well-known for its clear setting, lovely seashores and good public providers. It’s also known as probably the most livable metropolis in Vietnam.  Presently, the town has an estimated 1 million inhabitants in its city areas, though the town’s grasp plan requires a inhabitants of over 2 million by 2020.

    With higher infrastructure, a beachside way of life attracting increasingly Vietnamese and expats – to not point out a thriving tourism business – the town is now attracting retail heavyweights who till now have principally targeted on simply Ho Chi Minh Metropolis and Hanoi, the capital, within the north.

    Malaysia-based division retailer Parkson this yr opened within the metropolis centre, with an overbridge linking it to the Korean-owned CVG cinema constructed on prime of a Thai Huge C hypermarket.

    Whereas many individuals turned up for the Parkson opening and signed up for membership playing cards, the shop is essentially empty most days and the third-floor meals courtroom has but to open. However the house owners shall be real looking – with a possible doubling of the inhabitants inside 5 years, they know all too properly the purchasers will come.

    Philippines-Vietnam three way partnership Highlands Espresso has opened on the riverfront and is all the time busy, prompting a second cafe just some blocks away. New eating places – each native and overseas – are opening virtually weekly and there’s a regular stream of expatriates shifting north from the crowded business capital.

    Infrastructure growth

    Da Nang’s speedy rise is the product of shrewd infrastructure funding. New tasks have included the Da Nang Hello-Tech Park and the Da Nang IT Park. The Hello-Tech Park is presently underneath development and can include over 1130 hectares as soon as completed. The park goals to spice up science and know-how improvement within the metropolis by attracting each overseas and native buyers. It’s providing monetary incentives to enterprise, together with a 10 per cent tax price 15 years, or a four-year tax exemption and a 50 per cent tax discount for the subsequent 9 years.

    The Da Nang IT Park provides zero per cent tax for the primary 4 years after first turning a revenue, a 5 per cent tax fee for the subsequent 9 years and a 10 per cent tax price for the subsequent two.

    The IT park additionally provides as much as 50 years of free land lease to qualifying “anchor tenants”, relying on the kind of business and measurement of the funding.

    Different key current infrastructure tasks embrace US$60 million for a brand new airport terminal, $88 million on a brand new metropolis corridor and $93 million on a futuristic three-storey overpass.

    A monitoring system, put in by IBM, supplies real-time updates on bus routes and checks water high quality. Cisco Methods has put in over 300 kilometers of fiber-optic cable, which connects all authorities workplaces within the area.

    Already an essential landmark of Da Nang, and a transparent signal of its rising power, is the lately constructed Dragon Bridge, which crosses the Han River, and made headlines around the globe for its spectacular design. The 666-meter-long dragon-shaped bridge breathes hearth and spouts plumes of water. The dragon is among the most necessary symbols in Vietnamese tradition because it symbolises energy, the Aristocracy and luck. Subsequently, extra than simply an award-winning architectural design, the Dragon Bridge has grow to be a logo of the newfound power of the town.

    It’s clear that Da Nang is properly on its option to turning into a contemporary metropolis with an efficient and clear bureaucratic system. With its enhancing enterprise and funding local weather, paired with its plentiful monetary incentives, the town clearly deserves the honorific of Vietnam’s Singapore.

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