The assessment was reported by the Competition Management Department
under the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Hanoi on October 14 for
the first time.
However, some products of the
above-mentioned five industries, including imported powder milk and
construction steel, were criticised for unhealthy competitiveness due to
their misleading advertisements.
The report,
which covered 10 economic sectors, slammed five other industries, namely
aviation, banking, insurance, petroleum distribution and
telecommunication, for unhealthy competitive behaviour, citing abuse of
advertisements and discounts to gain market share.
Deputy Director of the Competition Management Department Vu Ba Phu
emphasised that the report aimed to establish and maintain a fair and
healthy competitive environment for all economic sectors in Vietnam .
The report was expected to increase awareness of competition policies and law among enterprise circles, Phu said.
Dr Dinh Thi My Loan, General Secretary of the Vietnam Retailers
Association, said the ranking was based on the impact of price changes,
consumer responses and concerns about the surveyed industries or
products.
Loan, however, said the report wording remained “soft and yet fully reflecting customer worries”.
Her view was shared by another expert, Vo Tri Thanh, Deputy Rector of
the Central Economic Research and Management Institute, who said the
report should be subjected to objective evaluation by experts.
The report, prepared under the sponsorship of the Beyond WTO
programme, will be released in HCM City on October 20, following its
Hanoi release.
The Competition Management
Department unveiled a plan to conduct research and supervise the
competitive structure of several other economic sectors for inclusion in
the annual report./.
