This report is commissioned to develop a business expansion plan to Vietnam for Australian Agriculture Company Limited (AACo), the largest integrated cattle and beef producer in Australia. The paper also provides an analysis and assessment of the current and prospective opportunities as well as challenges in Vietnam regarding AACo’s business. The recent years have seen Vietnam growing in its importance in Australian foreign trade as its economy develops. Besides, Vietnam has also witnessed emergence of an affluent middle class citizens with rising disposable income who are more open toward western cuisine. This, coupled with a rapid development of the country’s modern trade concepts, has lead to a significant increase in the demand for high quality beef. Given the small domestic supply and unstable foreign sources of Vietnam’s beef industry, AACo has more opportunity to establish its business in the country. It is recommended that AACo should take its initial step in Vietnam through cattle and beef exporting activities. This entry mode could be effectively facilitated through good brand awareness building, close relationships with appropriate distributors and rational pricing and promotion strategy.
Global food demand is expected to increase significantly in the near future, driven largely by rising affluence and living standards in developing countries. This has led a shift towards higher protein diets and demand for red meat in the emerging economies of South East Asia. In response, Australia has become the world’s third largest exporter of beef with various producers across the country. Australian Agriculture Company Limited (AACo), the Australia’s largest integrated cattle and beef producer, is unsurprisingly positioned itsel...
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...in the market. Diversified mid-sized family farms used to produce most of our meat, but now, only a few companies control the livestock industry. This has resulted in driving family farmers out of the market and replacing them with massive confined feeding operations that subject the animals to terrible living conditions that subject our food to contamination. Major food corporations are only concerned with minimizing overhead in order to deliver the consumer cheap food, regardless of the health implications.
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Lorenzo M. Crowell discusses the lessons that Americans have learned from the Vietnam conflict in his article "The Lessons and Ghosts of Vietnam." Crowell analyzes the lessons learned from Vietnam and applies them to the military strategies of today. Crowell does overlook some problems involving the power of Saddam Hussein after Desert Storm and the comparison of two dissimilar wars. Crowell is effective in his arguments with the use of first-hand viewpoints, current newsprint, and political figureheads. Although the article "The Lessons and Ghosts of Vietnam" had some weak points, overall the article is effective and informative.
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