The survey found that Samsung and Sony are the most well-known TV brands in Vietnam. Samsung had the highest brand awareness and market share at 30%, followed by Sony at 26%. Quality and screen resolution were the most important factors considered when purchasing a TV. LED and LCD TVs using 32-inch screens were most popular. Over half of respondents intended to purchase a new TV within a year, preferring Samsung and Sony brands. Customer satisfaction was highest for Panasonic and Sony TVs.
2. 1
SCOPE OF WORK
๏ถ The survey was conducted to study about television market in Vietnam
๏ถ Methodology: Online survey
๏ถ Fieldwork time: 3 days (22/10/2015 to 25/10/2015)
๏ถ Sample size: N = 800
๏ถ Target respondent: Male & Female, own Television
๏ถ Geography: Nationwide
3. 2
KEY FINDINGS
โข Samsung (85%) & Sony (80%) are the most well-known TV brands
โข TVC is the most effective channel to leverage awareness
โข Samsung (30%) & Sony (26%) are market leaders
โข Quality (54%) and high-solution screen (50%) are the top criteria when buying TV
โข Led and LCD are the most popular technology in Vietnam
โข 35% use 32 inch TV in screen size
โข 80% feel satisfied with their current chosen TV brand
โข More than 50% intend to buy new TV in next 1 year and Samsung & Sony are top
choices (31%)
โข Smart TV is the most desired with 62%
โข 76% buy TV at big electronic center
4. 3
Age N = 800
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Gender
Living place Occupation
29%
26%
42%
4%
Over 30
26-30
18-25
Under 18
50%
50%
Male
Female
34%
2%
2%
5%
20%
38%
Others
Cแบงn Thฦก
Hแบฃi Phรฒng
ฤร Nแบตng
Hร Nแปi
Hแป Chรญ Minh
7%
3%
3%
10%
10%
11%
23%
34%
Others
Housewife
Job seeker/Retire
Factory worker
Self employees
Engineer/Doctor/Teacher
Student
Officer
6. 5
How do you know these TV brands above ?
TVC AND POINT OF SALE ARE EFFECTIVE MARKETING
CHANNEL TO LEVERAGE AWARENESS
3%
27%
28%
31%
43%
45%
47%
48%
68%
74%
Others
Out of home ads
Sales person
Facebook ads
Website ads
See others use this
brand
Friends/ relatives'
recommendation
Newspaper/
magazines ads
Points of sale
TVC
Total
7%
17%
37%
43%
53%
33%
40%
47%
70%
67%
Under 18
3%
27%
27%
29%
44%
40%
43%
48%
67%
76%
18-25
3%
30%
26%
33%
46%
53%
51%
48%
67%
74%
26-30
3%
26%
29%
29%
39%
44%
48%
46%
68%
71%
Over 30
N = 800
7. 6
Which TV brands do you currently use ?
SAMSUNG (30%) & SONY (26%) ARE MARKET LEADERS IN VIETNAM
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
3%
5%
7%
10%
15%
26%
30%
Others
Niken
Skyworth
Philips
Asanzo
ARIRANG
VTB
SAM
Sharp
TCL
Panasonic
Toshiba
LG
Sony
Samsung
Total
0%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
2%
2%
7%
8%
13%
13%
26%
26%
Ho Chi Minh
0%
0%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
0%
5%
5%
7%
4%
19%
20%
35%
Ha Noi
3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
3%
3%
29%
21%
21%
21%
Da Nang
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
3%
2%
7%
9%
15%
29%
32%
Others
Toshiba is preferred the most in Da Nang city
N = 800
8. 7
Why do you choose the TV brand you currently use ?
GOOD QUALITY (54%) IS THE TOP CRITERIA WHEN BUYING TV
11%
10%
11%
12%
12%
20%
22%
22%
23%
32%
33%
44%
44%
44%
50%
54%
Others
Good service
Anti dazzle
Allow 3D screen
Sale person's recommendations
Frequent promotions/ discounts
Support smart hub (internet,..)
Japanese brand
Friends/ Relatives reccomendations
Good warranty
Support HD solution
Beautiful design
Energy saving
Affordable price
High- solution screen
Good quality
Total
N = 800
9. 8
Why do you choose the TV brand you currently use ?
BOTH SAMSUNG AND SONY ARE HIGHLY APPRECIATED FOR
HIGH QUALITY, HIGH-SOLUTION SCREEN AND BEAUTIFUL DESIGN
11%
11%
11%
15%
15%
19%
24%
10%
23%
32%
38%
52%
47%
45%
56%
53%
Others
Good service
Anti dazzle
Allow 3D screen
Sale person's recommendations
Frequent promotions/ discounts
Support smart hub (internet,..)
Japanese brand
Friends/ Relatives reccomendations
Good warranty
Support HD solution
Beautiful design
Energy saving
Affordable price
High- solution screen
Good quality
Samsung
12%
12%
13%
16%
9%
17%
32%
39%
30%
37%
41%
47%
45%
43%
59%
62%
Others
Good service
Anti dazzle
Allow 3D screen
Sale person's recommendations
Frequent promotions/ discounts
Support smart hub (internet,..)
Japanese brand
Friends/ Relatives reccomendations
Good warranty
Support HD solution
Beautiful design
Energy saving
Affordable price
High- solution screen
Good quality
Sony
N = 800
10. 9
13%
5%
9%
9%
10%
10%
13%
28%
28%
30%
32%
40%
45%
54%
55%
56%
Others
Allow 3D screen
Anti dazzle
Support smart hub (internet,..)
Good service
Friends/ Relatives reccomendations
Sale person's recommendations
Frequent promotions/ discounts
Good warranty
Support HD solution
Japanese brand
Beautuful design
High- solution screen
Good quality
Affordable price
Energy saving
Toshiba
Why do you choose the TV brand you currently use ?
LG = GOOD QUALITY, HIGH-SOLUTION SCREEN AND GOOD PRICE
TOSHIBA = ENERGY SAVING, GOOD PRICE AND QUALITY
11%
9%
12%
9%
12%
22%
20%
10%
27%
31%
29%
42%
41%
45%
49%
55%
Others
Good service
Anti dazzle
Allow 3D screen
Sale person's recommendations
Frequent promotions/ discounts
Support smart hub (internet,..)
Japanese brand
Friends/ Relatives reccomendations
Good warranty
Support HD solution
Beautiful design
Energy saving
Affordable price
High- solution screen
Good quality
LG
N = 800
11. 10
5%
10%
14%
24%
5%
22%
8%
20%
34%
29%
42%
41%
39%
63%
37%
41%
Others
Allow 3D screen
Anti dazzle
Support smart hub (internet,..)
Good service
Friends/ Relatives reccomendations
Sale person's recommendations
Frequent promotions/ discounts
Good warranty
Support HD solution
Japanese brand
Beautuful design
High- solution screen
Good quality
Affordable price
Energy saving
Panasonic
Why do you choose the TV brand you currently use ?
N = 800
3%
0%
6%
11%
0%
14%
19%
17%
22%
17%
3%
25%
25%
31%
53%
31%
Others
Allow 3D screen
Anti dazzle
Support smart hub (internet,..)
Good service
Friends/ Relatives reccomendations
Sale person's recommendations
Frequent promotions/ discounts
Good warranty
Support HD solution
Japanese brand
Beautuful design
High- solution screen
Good quality
Affordable price
Energy saving
TCL
PANASONIC = GOOD QUALITY AND JAPANESE BRAND
TCL = AFFORDABLE PRICE
13. 12
Awareness
Usage
Which TV brands do you currently use?
Which TV brands below do you know?
N = 800
SAMSUNG TAKES THE FIRST PLACE IN VIETNAM TV MARKET
IN TERM OF USAGE AND BRAND AWARENESS
High
Low
HighLow
Samsung
Sony
LG
Panasonic
Toshiba
Sharp
TCL
14. 13
5%5% 4%3% 4%
3% 2% 3%
5% 9% 5% 5%
1%
5%
3%
6% 3% 4%
10%
5%
2%
14%
6% 6% 6%
6%
6%
12%
15% 19% 19% 10%
9%
15%
6%
30% 27%
30%
28%
29%
32%
58%
31% 32%
27%
32%
48%
25%
17% LED TV
LCD TV
Smart TV
Plasma TV
CRT TV
Smart 3D TV
3D TV
Curved TV
Others
Which type of TV do you currently own?
LED AND LCD TV MODELS ARE USED THE MOST IN VIETNAM WITH 61%
Toshiba is famous for LED model while, TCL is LCD
Smart TV of Samsung & Sony are preferable
2% 0% 1% 3% 3%3% 3% 2% 3% 3%3% 4% 4% 0%
2%
5% 6% 8%
3%
3%
6% 8% 2%
5%
5%
6%
6% 8%
5%
6%
15% 14% 17%
16%
15%
30%
35% 30%
24%
26%
31%
25% 27%
42%
37%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Total Hแป Chรญ Minh Hร Nแปi ฤร Nแบตng Others
N = 800
15. 14
4% 1% 1%
9%
2% 0%
21%
8% 9%
16%
18%
9%
31%
22%
26%
8%
18%
16%
23%
14%
19%
8%
10%
15%
9%
6%
7%
4%
3%
10%
7%
12%
23%
35%
38%
43%
30%
29%
18%
19%
27%
45%
9%
4%
13%
3%
20%
23%
5%
12% 9%
14%
9%
16%
5%
10%
52%
7% 8% 9%
Under 29 inch
29 inch
32 inch
39 inch
40 inch
42 inch
Above 42 inch
How large is your TV screen?
N = 800
35% USE 32 INCH TV IN SREEN SIZE
Smart TV of 42 inch in screen size is highly chosen
4% 5% 3% 5% 4% 2% 3%
16% 15%
22% 18%
16% 20%
16% 18%
19%
11%
13% 8%
14%
6% 6%
4%
5% 7%
5%
6%
35%
40%
35%
28%
34% 42%
31%
9%
7% 5%
14%
12% 8%
14%
14%
9% 11%
20%
13% 14%
33%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Total Samsung Sony LG Toshiba Panasonic TCL
(*): small sample size
16. 15
How much do you spend on your current TV ?
53% SPEND FROM $251- $500 ON BUYING TV
The higher income the more money spend for buying TV
2% 0% 1% 2% 3%
5%
9%
7% 4% 8%
10%
18%
19%
7%
16%
21%
26%
22%
29%
14%
30%
40% 23%
19%
24%
31%
27%
21%
24%
19%
15%
38%
19%
7%
11% 10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Total Under $200 $200-$449 $450-$699 $700-$1000 $1000 and above
Under$250
$251- $350
$351- $500
$501- $750
$751- $1000
$1001- $1500
$1501- $ 2500
Above $2500
N = 800
17. 16
2% 3% 1%
19%18% 14%
12%
33%
25%
15%
21%
60%
51%
63%
25%
57%
67%
63%
20%
32%
24% 22%
18% 17% 16%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Total Panasonic Sony TCL LG Samsung Toshiba
Very satisfied
Satisfied
Neutral
Dissatisfied
Very
dissatisfied
Overall, What is your satisfaction level with your current TV brand?
N = 800
80% FEEL SATISFIED WITH THEIR CURRENT CHOSEN TV BRAND
Panasonic has the highest satisfaction rate (32%)
While nearly 1/5 users are unhappy with TCL
18. 17
14% 15%
7%
11% 10%
21%
47%
74%
68%
77%
77% 81%
71%
47%
12%
17% 16%
11% 10% 9% 6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Total Panasonic Sony LG Samsung Toshiba TCL
I will use this brand only
I will prioritize to use this
brand
I will switch to other
brand
What is your usage intention with the current TV brand?
12% USERS ARE LOYAL WITH THEIR CURRENT BRAND
Panasonic has the highest loyalty rate (17%)
Nearly half of TCL users will switch this brand
N = 800
19. 18
Do you intend to recommend your current TV brand to others?
N = 500
69% WILL RECOMMEND THEIR CURRENT BRAND TO OTHERS
Panasonic has the highest top box recommendation rate with 36%
31% TCL users will not recommend this brand to others
1%
14%
0% 1%
3% 3%
17%
1% 0%
2%
27%
24%
28%
22% 28% 33%
30%
46%
37%
14%
49%
51%
46% 48%
23%
36%
28% 26%
20% 20% 18%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Total Panasonic TCL Sony Samsung LG Toshiba
I will recommend definitely
I will recommend
Either recommend or not
I will not recommend
I will not recommend
definitely
20. 19
Satisfaction
Loyalty
What is your satisfaction level with your current TV brand?
What is your usage intention with the current TV brand?
PANASONIC & SONY GAIN HIGHEST CONSUMERSโ SATISFACTION
AS WELL AS LOYALTY COMPARING WITH OTHERS
High
Low
HighLow
Panasonic
Sony
TCL
LG
Samsung
Toshiba
N = 800
21. 20
43% 45% 41%
53%
33%
29%
57% 55% 59%
47%
67%
71%
Yes
No
Do you intend to buy new TV in the next 1 year?
N = 800
57% INTEND TO BUY NEW TV IN THE NEXT 1 YEAR
High income group ( from $700 and above) are more likely to buy new TV
43% 47%
41% 39%
49%
57% 53%
59% 61%
51%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Total Under 18 18-25 26-30 Over 30
23. 22
If you intend to buy new TV, which type of TV would you buy?
N = 457
SMART TV IS MOST DESIRED (52%)
0%
1%
6%
7%
9%
11%
14%
26%
26%
Others
TV CRT
TV Plasma
TV LCD
TV 3D
TV LED
TV curve
Smart TV
3D
Smart TV
Total
2%
2%
2%
11%
11%
9%
20%
11%
33%
Under $200
0%
0%
7%
10%
6%
11%
11%
30%
25%
$200-$449
0%
0%
5%
6%
9%
11%
10%
27%
31%
$450-$699
0%
3%
6%
7%
13%
10%
21%
24%
16%
$700-$1000
0%
3%
8%
3%
6%
14%
17%
27%
23%
$1000 and above
25. 24
CONTACT US
โข Japan & Taiwan:
o Address: 3 Chome-2-6 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0013, Japan
o Contact person: Mr. Hideyuki Kato (CEO)
o Email: hideyuki.kato@di-mktg.com
o Contact number: +81 3-5532-3200
โข Vietnam:
o Address: 9-15, Vincom center, 45A Ly Tu Trong, Ben Nghe ward, District 1,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
o Contact person: Mr. Ho Hai Dang (Manager - DI Marketing)
o Email: dang.hohai@di-marketing.com.vn
o Contact number: +84 902-73-9944
โข Thailand
o Address: 30 Raffles Place, #19-02 Chevron House, Singapore 048622
o Contact person: Ms. Woon Khiaozen (Manager - DI Marketing)
o Email: woon.k@di-mktg.com
o Contact number: +66 092-282 7992
26. 25
CONTACT US
โข Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia:
o Address: 30 Raffles Place, #19-02 Chevron House, Singapore 048622
o Contact person: Mr. Hendry Pratama (Manager - DI Marketing)
o Email: pratama.hendry@dreamincubator.com.sg
o Contact number: +65 6671 9290 | +65 8518 3870
โข India:
o Address: 30 Raffles Place, #19-02 Chevron House, Singapore 048622
o Contact person: Mr. Sujit Kunte (Regional representative)
o Email: kunte.sujit@dreamincubator.com.sg
o Contact number: +65 9127 7654