Though it remains a bright economic spot amid uncertain global times, the 2016 Vietnam GDP forecast is in trouble midway through the year. At the beginning of 2016 the government set an ambitious growth target […]
Although Vietnam remains a country of motorbikes automobiles are becoming more common by the day. Car sales were up 31 per cent in the first five months of this year over the same period in […]
The Asian Development Bank assured Vietnamese leaders last week that the organisation will continue to assist the country. Takehiko Nakao, the ADB’s president, met with a number of top ministers to discuss future cooperation and […]
Vietnam tantalised foreign investors last year with news that foreign investment caps would be lifted on certain industries, a move that would allow firms to increase their presence in a rapidly growing, highly attractive market. […]
Once war-torn and poverty-stricken, Southeast Asia is one of the world’s main growth spots. While developed economies stagger along, constantly on the brink of setting off another global recession, countries such as Myanmar and Indonesia […]
Vietnam was in the international spotlight last week due to a three-day visit by US President Barack Obama. It was exciting to see the country I’ve lived in for over four years garner so much […]
US President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam has generated several headlines, but perhaps the most surprising announcement was that low-cost airline VietJet Air had inked a US$11.3 billion deal to buy 100 aircraft from Boeing. […]
Over the past month an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale has unfolded along Vietnam’s north-central coast. Over the first week of April hundreds of tons of dead fish washed ashore along a 200 km (124 […]
Well-known for its relatively low-tech textile and agriculture industries, Vietnam is fast becoming a regional technology hub. Multinationals such as Samsung and Intel already have multi-billion dollar presences here (See: Vietnam’s High-Tech Hub: More Than […]
Corruption in Vietnam ranges from low-level bribery of traffic police for questionable violations, known colloquially as ‘coffee money’, to headline-grabbing scandals involving banks and government officials. The issue is a major one for the country, […]
For roughly the last decade Vietnam has found itself in a very economically favourable demographic position. About 25 per cent of Vietnam’s 90 million population is aged between 10 and 24, while the median age […]
Southern Vietnam may be in the midst of a historic drought, but a major concern regarding the future of the region, and in particular Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), is flooding. The annual monsoon rains […]