Hanoi unties knots to speed up building of largest waste-to-energy plant
HANOI, May 8, 2020, The Hanoi Times. The plant will have a processing capacity of…
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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.
Little hope ASEAN can rein in China in sea dispute: Analyst
MANILA, May 8, 2020, Rappler. Not even a pandemic has stopped China’s assertive actions in…
[Analytics] How will Covid-19 reshape Asia’s energy future?
While the global coronavirus pandemic continues to have significant macro-level political and economic impacts on…
Hanoi considers allowing beauty care and barber shops to reopen
HANOI, May 7, 2020, The Hanoi Times. The city’s authorities will allow beauty care and…
[Analytics] China has oil and gas trump card on US
The Donald Trump administration is ramping up retaliatory rhetoric against China over its handling of…
Vietnam enters day 20 without community transmission of Covid-19
HANOI, May 6, 2020, VN Express. The Health Ministry confirmed no fresh Covid-19 case Wednesday…
China’s fishing ban in South China Sea is absurd: Vietnam society
HANOI, May 5, 2020, The Hanoi Times. The three-and-a-half-month ban totally goes against international law,…
Vietnam tests coronavirus vaccine on mice
HANOI, May 4, 2020, The Hanoi Times. Vietnamese scientists collaborated with the UK’s Bristol University…
Vietnam’s exports surge 4.7 per cent in four months
HANOI, May 4, 2020, VNA. Vietnam’s export value saw a year-on-year increase of 4.7 percent…
[Analytics] How bad is pandemic’s impact on Asian developing economies?
In its April World Economic Outlook the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts a baseline case…
72 per cent in Japan see animal market closure key in curbing pandemics in the future: WWF
TOKYO, May 4, 2020, Kyodo. Seventy-two percent of Japanese believe a closure of illegal and…
[Analytics] Mekong Delta residents flee as nature turns hostile
Their ancestors had come to settle the Mekong Delta, turning it into the nation’s agriculture…