UBS: Vietnam grows faster than China but with many risks

The Swiss-based global financial group UBS said that Vietnam’s economy grew faster than China last year and still has “huge potential.” However, UBS believes that investors in Vietnam still face some potential risks. Mr. Kelvin Tay, Regional Investment Director of…
Vietnam integrates internationally but still suppresses opposing voices

International integration and cooperation are the goals of the Vietnamese government in recent years. International integration is the process by which states with qualified national and territorial status recognized by the world conduct relationships with other countries and international organizations…
Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, and lessons for Vietnam

Before being arrested by the coup forces, Aung San Suu Kyi acted as the State Counsellor of the government led by the majority of the National League for Democracy. I suddenly recalled back in 2009, when I had just arrived…
Vietnam: Anti-renovation wins at 13th Party Congress?

Platform 91 – means to maintain power The 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is taking place from January 25, 2021. The important event every four years of the party seems to have little real…
How are US-Vietnam relations after Mr. Biden became President?

What the US-Vietnam bilateral relationship will be and what can be expected when President Joe Biden took office? At a discussion on Thursday roundtable on January 21, 2021, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jonathan London, an American scholar from Leiden University in…