Vietnam moment?
IT has been half a century since the humbling of the world’s mightiest military, the US army, by Vietnamese guerilla warriors. It was, by all accounts, the most tumultuous defeat…
Vietnam eyes China model to seek index upgrade
Vietnam is planning to relax its stock market settlement procedures for foreign investors, a critical measure to convince equity index managers to upgrade the country to emerging market status and…
Vietnam’s journey and lessons for Pakistan—II
Pakistan also experiences barriers to international trade such as high import tariffs which make exports less profitable. Exports are largely dependent on the agriculture sector which has not been able…
Vietnam’s success
Pakistan has more than 258,000 confirmed cases and 5,424 deaths from Covid-19 so far. We still don’t know where these numbers will end up. But at the moment, the number…
Vietnam War refugees deported under Trump struggle to settle
Nguyen was nine when he boarded a boat alone to escape the communist regime in Vietnam for the United States. Some 40 years later, he returned in shackles, deported from…
How Brazil and Vietnam are tightening their grip on world’s coffee
A towering machine rumbles through the fields of Julio Rinco's farm in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, engulfing whole coffee trees and shaking free beans that are collected by…
From comrades to assassins: North Korea, Vietnam eye new chapter with Trump-Kim summit
In 1966, Ahn Hak-soo was one of more than 300,000 South Korean soldiers fighting alongside U.S. forces during the Vietnam War when he was captured by the North Vietnamese army…
Risking Beijing’s ire, Vietnam begins dredging on South China Sea reef
Vietnam has begun dredging work on a disputed reef in the South China Sea, satellite imagery shows, the latest move by the Communist state to bolster its claims in the…
Vietnam Builds Military Muscle To Face China
Vietnam's military is steeling itself for conflict with China as it accelerates a decade-long modernisation drive, Hanoi's biggest arms buildup since the height of the Vietnam War. The ruling Communist…
Asia trade deal unites US Gulf and Vietnamese shrimpers in worry
Savun Sim looked dejected as a large plastic vacuum hose sucked 2,600 pounds of wild Gulf of Mexico shrimp from his trawler's ice hold. With dock prices at their lowest…
