• Editorial
Things got off to a bad start for the Vietnam economy in 2017 with the shock withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Subsequent uncertainties about Canada’s participation in a potential TPP-11 […]
• Editorial
After 25 years of rhetoric about state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in Vietnam it appears that there is finally some real progress. PetroVietnam, Vietnam Airlines, Vinatex (the textile conglomerate), and Saigon and Hanoi Alcohol Beer and […]
Vietnam budget carrier VietJet’s on again, off again initial public offering (IPO)Â is on again… at least for the time being. With its 2013 plans for an overseas IPO in a seemingly endless holding pattern the […]
Aircraft manufactured by the European consortium Airbus Group SE are a familiar sight in the skies above Asean, with some 31 per cent of the company’s worldwide orders to date coming from Southeast Asia. From […]
While regional rivals such as Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur benefit from the services of massive, modern airports, Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City remains hampered by an overused, congested terminal that was originally built in the […]
Tensions between Vietnam and China over competing claims in the South China Sea took an unexpected turn on July 29 when Chinese hacker group China 1937CN Team took over the announcement screen systems at both […]
The rapidly growing Vietnam economy and the country’s large, young population makes it an attractive destination for a wide range of investments. Major corporations such as Intel, Samsung and Honda have poured large amounts of […]
In architecture, there is a dictum that ‘form follows function’. The architect decides what a building is being used for and then designs the building for those purposes. However, in Vietnam’s process of economic reforms, […]