With its outstanding achievements over the past three decades, Vietnam is a development success story and continues to perform well even in the pandemic on a range of indicators, including trade, …
Pandemic improves Vietnam’s chance to enter global supply chain: WB
The disruptions caused by the pandemic could persuade multinationals to hasten their shift from China to Vietnam, Jacques Morisset, the bank’s lead economist and program leader for Vietnam, said at …
Indonesia’s new intelligence hub wields data in the war on illegal fishing
In late July, a high-speed chase stirred the waters northeast of Indonesia’s Natuna Islands, as patrol officers pursued a Vietnamese vessel suspected of illegal fishing. Having fled when authorities …
Vietnam welcomes just 44000 foreign arrivals in Q3
Only 44000 foreign visitors arrived in Vietnam during the third quarter of this year, equivalent to just 1 percent of the figure in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) …
Business formations in Vietnam down 23.1% in September
New business formations in September decreased by 23.1% month-on-month to 10,300 as locals are hesitant to take risk due to Covid-19, according to the General Statistics Office. The number of newly …
This Vietnam Hero Thought Officers ‘Shouldn’t Get Involved in Presidential Politics.’ Until Trump
A Vietnam War hero who once believed military officers, even when retired, should not get involved in presidential politics has spoken out and encouraged voters to back Joe Biden. Charles G. Boyd is a …
India opens dumping probe into Malaysia, Vietnam, Thai copper tube, pipe imports
India is investigating imports of copper tubes and pipes from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand, to determine whether producers in these countries were receiving unfair subsidies, the government said.
Vietnam’s Economic Growth Accelerates in Third Quarter
(Bloomberg) — Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated in the third quarter as exports and manufacturing began recovering from the pandemic-induced slump of the first half of the year. Gross domestic …
Book Recreates Bloody Siege of an Army Special Forces Camp in 1965 Vietnam
Keith Saliba’s book is an isolated, heavily fortified frontier outpost In Vietnam’s West-Central Highlands near the Cambodian border and the Ho Chi Minh trail, the main conduit for troops and supplies …
Pegatron plans to invest $1 billion in Vietnam plant: state media
Taiwan’s Pegatron is seeking to invest $1 billion in three phases in production facilities in areas such as computing, communication and consumer electronics in Vietnam, state-media reported …