Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast robust for 2020
Vietnam could expect a GDP growth rate of 6.76 percent this year, according to the National Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF) under...
“Made in Vietnam” for the wrong reasons
Vietnam may be tapped as clear beneficiary of the ongoing trade war, but it also faces significant headwinds to its export sector.
This Southeast Asian...
Vietnam is SEA’s third most active tech ecosystem
Using a mobile app, truck drivers in Vietnam can now opt to pick up cargo from nearby locations on their empty vehicles during their...
Buoyant Vietnam leads Asean for investment
An Asia-Pacific study says Vietnam remains a leading destination for foreign direct investment.
More than 1,000 employers contributed to the PwC survey “Doing business across...
Vietnam calls for restraint in South China Sea
Vietnam has asked Beijing to show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil drill-ship and its naval escorts spent...
Masatsugu Asakawa is new ADB head
Masatsugu Asakawa is the new president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Asakawa, who is currently serving as a special advisor to Japan’s prime minister...
Essex tragedy: last of ashes and bodies sent home to Vietnam
Cremated remains and bodies of victims of the Essex deaths have finally returned in full to Vietnam.
Seven had been cremated in the UK before...
Thailand’s fragrant rice falls behind peers’
Failure to win the World’s Best Rice award for two consecutive years has jolted Thailand—the home of the Hom Mali (jasmine) rice—to overhaul its...
Vietnam 11-month FDI up 3% to $31.8B
Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Vietnam inched up by 3 percent during the first 11 months of the year to $31.8 billion, according to...
Vietnam bucks global trends by boosting coal use
Vietnam has been singled out in a global environmental report for seeing the world’s highest increase in coal-generated electricity as other countries are abandoning...
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