Hassles dissuade foreign tourists from visiting Vietnam
Visa hassles, limited international flights and poor tourism services are dissuading foreign tourists from returning to Vietnam post-pandemic.
Germany builds ties with Vietnam, hedging bets against China
As Germany looks to diversify its interests in Asia, Vietnam is emerging as an alternative manufacturing hub. Chancellor Scholz was in Hanoi to bolster trade and investment ties.
Vietnam : drop charges against dissident on Facebook
Bui Van Thuan faces up to 12 years in prison for critical posts
Vietnam’s maritime imperative
The recent debate on The Strategist about whether Vietnam should have a maritime or continental geostrategic orientation has reinvigorated the long-term and historical interaction between the two strategic cultures.
What is slowing down Vietnam’s transport infrastructure projects?
Among other things, the country’s land acquisition procedures are creaky, opaque, and difficult to appeal.
Burnout looms over workplace, in Vietnam too
Huong’s perpetual fear of not being “good enough” meant she was working up to 18 hours a day, and ended up hospitalized for exhaustion.
Vietnam strikes deal with French auction house for 11-kg imperial gold seal
Vietnam has successfully negotiated direct purchase of a 19th century imperial seal from French auction house Millon.
Vietnam’s EV push fails to bring automakers aboard as sales falter
VinFast’s lackluster performance discourages foreign rivals from entering market
Vietnamese short wins award at Hanoi International Film Festival
‘Khu Rung Cua Pao’ (The Forest of Pao) has won the award for Best Short Film at the Hanoi International Film Festival.
Vietnam, Germany ink defense, energy, vocational training cooperation pacts
Vietnam and Germany have signed three cooperation agreements in defense, energy and vocational training during the visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Southern province to get special-use airport to free up civilian facilities
The defense ministry has agreed to upgrade a French-era airport in the southern Binh Phuoc Province exclusively for use by special flights.
Vietnam urged to get China-backed railway project on track, avoid ‘missed opportunities’ despite concerns
Preliminary planning for the 392 km-long (244 miles) Lao Cai-Hanoi–Haiphong standard gauge railway was finished in 2019 having first been mentioned in 2015. Once constructed, it will link the capital of China’s southwestern Yunnan province to one of Vietnam’s busiest…
Vietnam’s approach to China : bamboo diplomacy with neo-tributary characteristics
Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong’s recent visit to Beijing was meant to assure China, but didn’t signal any change in Hanoi’s basic approach toward its northern neighbor.
Tales from my grandfather : Hoa Huynh’s Vietnam – photo essay
Grandparents are a mystery and, when you layer on barriers of culture and language, can we ever say we know who they really were ?
‘The Sympathizer’ screen adaptation to star Vietnamese actors
Actress Kieu Trinh and TV host Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen will star in HBO series adaptation ‘The Sympathizer’ with Robert Downey Jr.
US removes Vietnam from currency monitoring list
Vietnam has been removed from the currency monitoring list by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Vietnam, US agree to bolster comprehensive partnership
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed measures to promote bilateral relations during their meeting Saturday night in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
Le Vietnam félicite l’Ukraine pour son adhésion au Traité d’amitié et de coopération
À l’occasion des 40e et 41e Conférences de haut niveau de l’ASEAN et réunions connexes au Cambodge, le ministre des Affaires étrangères, Bùi Thanh Son, a eu vendredi 11 novembre une rencontre à Phnom Penh avec son homologue ukrainien, Dmytro Kuleba.
Does ideology matter in Vietnam’s foreign policy ?
In matters of national security and national interests, Vietnamese leaders are pragmatists.
French auction house again delays auction of 11-kg imperial gold seal
French auction house Millon said it has rescheduled the auction of a 19th century Nguyen Dynasty imperial seal following the Vietnamese government’s interest in it.
Experts divided on 250-kph transnational railroad
A 250-kilometer-per-hour railroad line that can transport both passengers and cargo is more desirable than passengers-only bullet trains, but will have higher technical requirements and cost more, experts said.
Three drug mules get death sentence
A central Vietnam court handed three death sentences and one life prison term to four men found smuggling six kilograms of meth from Laos.
Hun Sen praises bilateral cooperation with Vietnam
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Vietnam is a good neighbour of Cambodia with the relationship based on principles of mutual trust and respect, and non-interference in internal affairs. Bilateral cooperation between the two countries is steadily growing, he added.
Vietnam introduces 24-Hour Take-Down Requirement for social media platforms
The move is the latest in the state’s attempts to cleanse the online sphere of “false news” and “anti-state” content.
China-Vietnam in warm, new communist embrace
Vietnamese leader Trong’s visit to Beijing put cooperation ahead of conflict and sent a clear signal to democracy-promoting US
3 Vietnamese movies to vie for top honors at Singapore film festival
Three Vietnamese films are entered in the 33rd Singapore International Film Festival to be held from November 24 to December 4.