爱恨越南

Hard to progress in Vietnam?

越南人对中国制造“又爱又恨”。

On the afternoon of November 20,2009,our group of 10 people,'The tenth anniversary TCL overseas strategy mission group',boarded a Vietnam airlines flight,thus starting our visit to one of our country's neighbors----Vietnam,a neighbor with a profound cultural relation with China.Ten years ago,TCL,one of China's most prominent household appliance enterprises,established a foothold in Vietnam as the beginning point for future overseas development. In Vietnam there are no high speed highways,the most famous road being the'No.1 ROAD'.Running 1,700 kilometers from the North Capital, Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh.the largest city in the south,it takes three or four days to drive the distance.This is something inconceivable to Chinese visitors accustomed to a country where highways are being built everyday. The road is just as hard and winding as Chinese manufacturing companies' expansion has been.Previously,Chinese goods were cheap,a synonym for poor quality in the eyes of Vietnamese for a long time.Now after a decade of effort,TCL has earned a place,however still remains behind Samsung and Panasonic.