Vietnam speeding up South China Sea island-building pace, US researchers say
WASHINGTON, Jun 7, 2024, Reuters. Vietnam has been increasing its dredging and landfill work in…
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Viet Nam is an economy of 92 million people. When it joined APEC in 1998, Viet Nam’s real GDP was recorded at USD 54 billion and its real per capita GDP was USD 696. By 2016, Viet Nam’s GDP has tripled at 164 billion, as did its per capita GDP, which stood at 2,170.
US VP Harris to visit Philippine island near China-claimed waters
PUERTO PRINCESA, Nov 22, 2022, AFP. US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel today to…
Vietnam’s sugar industry targets to restore cane output
HANOI, Nov 2, 2022, VNS/VNA. The domestic sugarcane and sugar industry expects to continue output…
Vietnam to have at least three high-standard maritime economic centres: Ministry
HANOI, Jun 15, 2022, VNA. The Ministry of Planning and Investment has sent a document…
US President Biden formally unveils Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
TOKYO, May 24, 2022, AFP. President Joe Biden launched a new Asia-Pacific trade initiative on…
[Analytics] Vietnam and the new Pacific Trade Triangle
Vietnam is highly integrated into the global economy and since 2017, trade has consistently sat…
Vietnam’s deputy foreign minister detained for alleged bribes
HANOI, Apr 15, 2022, Bloomberg. Police detained Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh…
First freight train linking Da Nang to Europe to be launched this month
HANOI, Mar 2, 2022, VNA. The Railways of Transport and Trade Joint Stock Company (Ratraco)…
Laos allows private firms to study building power line to Vietnam
VIENTIANE, Feb 8, 2022, VNA. The Lao Government has given the green light for two…
Laos Prime Minister visit to Vietnam
VIENTIANE, Jan 9, 2022, Modern Diplomacy. Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh along with a high-ranking…
Pakistan’s never-ending game plan to forge ties with Bangladesh
HANOI, Jan 2, 2022, Reuters. Vietnam’s trade ministry asked China’s Guangxi authorities to take urgent…
Laos, Vietnam stress int’t law, ASEAN centrality in handling regional issues: Foreign ministers
HANOI, Dec 29, 2021, VNS. Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Lao…