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Foreign food firm''s appetite for growth: Metro Cash and Carry Vietnam is the biggest wholly-foreign food retail venture in Vietnam. With two stores in Ho Chi Minh City, the company is to open others in Hanoi, Haiphong, Can Tho and Danang. Metro''s managing director James Scott spoke about the plan to expand to the northern provinces. (News).

Publication: Vietnam Investment Review
Publication Date: 05-MAY-03 		Format: Online - approximately 747 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Foreign food firm''s appetite for growth: Metro Cash and Carry Vietnam is the biggest wholly-foreign food retail venture in Vietnam. With two stores in Ho Chi Minh City, the company is to open others in Hanoi, Haiphong, Can Tho and Danang. Metro''s managing director James Scott spoke about the plan to expand to the northern provinces. (News).(Interview)

Article Excerpt
Can you reveal your next step in expanding your activities to other cities and provinces in the country?

First of all we plan to open Metro Cash and Carry's first complex in Hanoi on July 31st this year. The store had its ground-breaking ceremony in February and now is under construction beside Hanoi's Thang Long high-way. The process of building the complex in Hanoi has been much smoother than in Ho Chi Minh City so we are building it very quickly.

Why has it been smoother?

I think it was caused by a number of factors. One was that we gained a lot of experience with construction in Vietnam after building...

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