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By: Jenny Ahn Blake Spendley Ben Rappaport Editor: Daniel Sherwood Sam Koppelman Hardly anyone is buying the company’s electric vehicles — at home or abroad — according to months-long investigation spanning satellite imagery, AIS data, trade records, financial analysis, and…<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://chathamjournal.com/2024/04/23/whats-going-on-with-vinfast-an-investigation-into-sales-struggles-and-empty-promises/&quot...

Vietnam is keen to paint Truong My Lan’s death sentence for fraud as a victory for clean governance. It’s not.

Vietnam is keen to paint Truong My Lan’s death sentence for fraud as a victory for clean governance. It’s not.

 

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Blinken's visit is part of campaign to counter increasing Chinese regional influence

Experts say that while Moscow needs Beijing’s assistance in its war in Ukraine, it cannot afford to alienate Hanoi, a longstanding ally

As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Vietnam, he must negotiate a diplomatic struggle in which Vietnam and China are competing for the right to develop oil and gas reserves off Vietnam’s coast in the South China Sea. Blinken’s visit follows a call between U.S. President Joe Biden and the chief of Vietnam's…

Bamboo holds a significant place in Vietnamese history, culture, and people’s daily lives, symbolising strength, flexibility, and resilience. Vietnam’s determination to pursue a foreign policy that draws on these characteristics is seen as a pragmatic response to the challenges facing the country in a rapidly-changing world, according to scholars.

Lianhe Zaobao newspaper in Hong Kong (China) has run an article analyzing Vietnam’s advantages that make the country the third pillar of the "golden triangle of startups" in Southeast Asia, together with Indonesia and Singapore. - VnExpress International