Foreign tourists to Vietnam down 66.6 per cent in eight months
HANOI, Aug 31, 2020, VNA. The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached only 3.8…
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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.
Indonesia imposes safeguard duty on Indian, Vietnamese ceramic tiles imports
JAKARTA, Aug 29, 2020, Jakarta Globe. Indonesia will reimpose a duty on ceramic tiles shipped…
Irish man pleads guilty over Vietnamese truck deaths in UK
LONDON, Aug 29, 2020, Reuters. Irishman Ronan Hughes pleaded guilty today to the manslaughter of…
Vietnam PM urges raising international flights
HANOI, Aug 28, 2020, The Hanoi Times. Vietnam has brought down the pandemic situation under…
[Analytics] Inside the Sinovac Biotech company that developing CoronaVac
Inside the white, sterile walls of a new building on the southern outskirts of Beijing,…
China’s military exercises in Hoang Sa violate Vietnam’s sovereignty: Official
HANOI, Aug 26, 2020, VNA. China’s organisation of consecutive military exercises in the waters to…
China promises to prioritize Mekong nations for Covid-19 vaccine
HANOI, Aug 25, 2020, VN Express. Vietnam and other Mekong countries will receive priority once…
VNG sues TikTok over alleged copyright infringement in Vietnam
HANOI, Aug 25, 2020, Reuters. TikTok is finding itself entangled in yet another controversy as…
[Analytics] Singapore’s energy security dilemma
Estimated to cost approximately AU$22 billion (US$16 billion), the Australia–ASEAN Power Link (AAPL) envisions connecting…
Hanoi plans to repair busy bridge crossing Red river
HANOI, Aug 24, 2020, The Hanoi Times. Hanoi’s Department of Transport on August 23 requested…
Vietnamese fishing boat seized off Narathiwat
NARATHIWAT, Aug 22, 2020, Bangkok Post. A Vietnamese fishing vessel was seized and four crewmen…
Nearly 50 per cent of Vietnamese shop online: Report
HANOI, Aug 21, 2020, Hanoi Times. Online shopping revenue accounted for 4.9% of total retail…