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(VOVWORLD) - As of January 20 Vietnam had attracted more than 2.36 billion USD in foreign direct investment, up 40% from the same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment. This positive sign indicates that Vietnam will continue to be a top choice for FDI in 2024.
Here we go again. As the Senate worked furiously over the last several days to bring a $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan across the finish line, a minority of Republicans, at the urging of former President Donald Trump and led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), have been working just as hard to block any additional aid to Ukraine
Despite mutual concerns about China, Hanoi’s wariness of its larger neighbor may limit what it’s willing to do with Washington.
With Pakistan's critical national elections scheduled to take place on Feb. 8, attention is focused not only on the race and its expected outcomes but also on the health of the country’s democracy and implications of the reinvigorated influence of the military on the political process. Will the upcoming elections, described by some as "pre-rigged," be free, fair, or result in a conclusive, broadly accepted, outcome? To what degree has the bitter political wrangling over many months affected public confidence in the country's democratic institutions?
With Pakistan's critical national elections scheduled to take place on Feb. 8, attention is focused not only on the race and its expected outcomes but also on the health of the country’s democracy and implications of the reinvigorated influence of the military on the political process. Will the upcoming elections, described by some as "pre-rigged," be free, fair, or result in a conclusive, broadly accepted, outcome? To what degree has the bitter political wrangling over many months affected public confidence in the country's democratic institutions?