The United States’ image as a guarantor of peace in the Indo-Pacific is under threat from President Donald Trump following his swift reversal of the U.S. policy of support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Trump wants a quick diplomatic settlement with Russia to end the war at the expense ofContinue Reading
HANOI: Vietnam is reviewing import duties on goods from the United States, the government said, as anxiety mounts in Hanoi over potential tariffs under President Donald Trump’s administration. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told US ambassador Marc Knapper that the review would look to encourage increased imports of liquified natural gas,Continue Reading
As expected, Vietnam and Singapore yesterday upgraded their relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), pledging an expansion and deepening of cooperation along a broad front. The upgrade was officially announced yesterday by Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, and To Lam, the chief of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV),Continue Reading
This week, Vietnam upgraded its relations with Indonesia and Singapore to Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships (CSPs) during Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) chief To Lam’s visits to the two countries. These upgrades followed the same action that the Southeast Asian nation undertook with New Zealand on February 26. This brought theContinue Reading
Vietnam has upgraded its diplomatic relations with Indonesia to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), ahead of a similar upgrade with Singapore later this week. The elevation took place yesterday at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, where To Lam, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), was onContinue Reading
An axiomatic marker of a healthy society, especially a democratic one, seems to be when politicians know what the masses want and when the bulk of society can be counted on to understand what their governments say, although one has a degree of respect for the likes of Lee KuanContinue Reading
The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam recently convened its 9th extraordinary session in an attempt to clear institutional bottlenecks and pave the way for what new Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) chief To Lam has described as the “new era of national rise.” Since the beginning of the current governingContinue Reading
Yesterday, Reuters reported that a number of European leaders are planning trips to Vietnam to push forward diplomatic and economic ties, as a possible hedge against the uncertain state of diplomatic and trade relations with the United States. Citing a senior European Union source, the news agency reported that UrsulaContinue Reading
HANOI: Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Saturday (Mar 1) he had directed authorities to quickly grant a license to Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country under a pilot scheme. Hanoi is trying to avoid US duties on its ballooning exports, which contributed toContinue Reading
“The situation is urgent,” said Muthukumara Mani, World Bank lead environmental economist, based in Hanoi. Even state media, after years of near silence on air quality, has become noticeably vocal in Vietnam, a one-party state. VietnamNet, the official news site of the ministry of information and communications, published a rareContinue Reading
