PM Suga hails Japan-ASEAN partnership as he wraps up first overseas trip
JAKARTA, Oct 21, 2020, Kyodo. Japan and ASEAN are “old friends” both seeking to realize…
Vietnam
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.
Vietnam moves up in the annual Asia Power Index
SYDNEY, Oct 20, 2020, VNS. Việt Nam moved up one spot to rank 12th out…
Vietnam troops find more bodies after latest deadly landslide
HANOI, Oct 19, 2020, Reuters. Vietnamese soldiers with heavy machinery and rescue dogs searched today…
Japanese and Vietnamese PM meet, with focus on economic and defense cooperation
HANOI, Oct 19, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga started a meeting Monday with his…
Japanese PM Suga to visit Vietnam on Oct 18-20
HANOI, Oct 18, 2020, VNS. At the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc…
Vietnam GDP could top Singapore’s this year: IMF
HANOI, Oct 17, 2020, VN Express. Vietnam’s estimated GDP of $340.6 billion this year could…
[Analytics] Vietnam wrestles to install new leadership
The Vietnamese Communist party’s 13th plenum adjourned at midday on October 10 with an end-of-meeting…
SIA, Cathay Pacific, Far East Hospitality to get fillip from planned travel bubble
SINGAPORE, Oct 16, 2020, BT. Aviation and hospitality stocks listed in Singapore and Hong Kong…
Japan to sign agreement allowing arms exports to Vietnam
TOKYO, Oct 15, 2020, Nikkei. Japan plans to sign an agreement with Vietnam to allow…
Vietnam–Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro surpasses oil and gas production targets
HANOI, Oct 13, 2020, VNA. The Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro…
Vietnamese leader hold phone talks with Japanese counterpart
HANOI, Oct 13, 2020, VNS. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday congratulated his Japanese…
Southeast Asia flood deaths near 40 as new storm approaches
HANOI/PHNOM PENH, Oct 13, 2020, Reuters. Nearly 40 people have died in Vietnam and Cambodia…