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Vietnam’s retail sales, service revenues up in two months

Vietnam’s total goods retail sales and consumer service revenues in the first two months of this year grew 12.2 percent on-year to 793.8 trillion Vietnamese dong (34.5 billion U.S. dollars), according to the country’s General Statistics Office.

Trade talks expected to finalise deal

China and the United States are expected to come to an agreement soon over trade frictions, analysts said, as the negotiating teams are reported to be discussing the wording of an accord and considering applying the brakes to their tariff standoff.

Chinese brands ponder catchy names

The phenomenon of foreign brands swallowing up established local labels to make inroads into the China market is coming full circle-Chinese brands are trying to employ the same strategy overseas, confirming that names matter.