Hanoi: Vietnamese rank 1st in tech spending

The survey was conducted between 16 April-1 May 2007 and interviewed 26,486 Internet users in 47 countries across 15 time zones.

The results show that 47 per cent of Vietnamese buy new technology, followed by Greeks at 45 per cent, Russians at 44 per cent, Chinese at 42 per cent and Turkey was tenth with 36 per cent.

The Vietnamese are the second highest when it comes to purchasing new clothes at 50 per cent, after first placed Russia, and third in spending on out-of-home entertainment at 49 per cent after Russia and Brazil.

Vietnamese people were ninth for purchasing shares and mutual funds.

In the survey Vietnamese people said that job security was their biggest concern but consider health to be also very important.

Overall Viet Nam are ranked No 5 in term of overall Consumer Confidence with 118 points (two points more than last year) and well above the global average of 97 points.

It showed how confident the Vietnamese were of their economy, said Sarah Duchazeaubeneix, Manager of Retail Measurement Service, Nielsen Vietnam.

Headquartered in New York, USA and Haarlem, the Netherlands, Nielson operates in more than 100 countries and is the world's leading provider of marketing information, audience measurement, and business media products and services.

-By Business Desk

Vientiane Times, Asia News Network