As some emerging economies face repercussions from growing trade tensions, Vietnam offers good investment opportunities thanks to its underlying free market values, says Thomas Murphy, partner of Escala Partners.
China must embrace local stakeholders to improve the image of its Belt and Road Initiative, a panel of experts at the Milken Asia Summit said on Thursday.
Go-Jek President Andre Soelistyo told CNBC that the team in Thailand was working to make the app operational soon.
Fast food burger chains thrive in markets in most of the world. But not in Vietnam. Today, McDonald's has only 17 stores and Burger King only 13 across the Southeast Asian countries.
His comments come at a time of a worsening trade dispute between China and the United States, which has been pursuing measures widely regarded as protectionist under President Donald Trump. "Some countries' protectionist and unilateral measures are gravely undermining the rules-based multilateral trading regime, posing a most serious hazard to the world...
Uncertainty and destabilizing factors threaten to undermine growth, Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua said at a World Economic Forum meeting in Hanoi, convened as Washington and Beijing have imposed penalty tariffs on tens of billions of dollars' worth of each other's products in an escalating trade conflict. The consensus of speakers at the gathering in...
Vietnam could benefit from the China-U.S. trade war in terms of a potential diversion in foreign direct investment into the country as a result of cost pressures caused by tariffs, says Bill Stoops of Dragon Capital.
HANOI, Sept 12- Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua said on Wednesday countries should "categorically reject" protectionism in trade. "Some countries' protectionist and unilateral measures are gravely undermining the rules-based multilateral trading regime, posing a most serious hazard to the world economy," Hu told the opening of the World Economic Forum on...
The Southeast Asian's investment climate remains strong with healthy appetite from foreign investors, according to Judy Hsu of Standard Chartered.
Amid growing trade tensions between the U.S. and China, Vietnam could prove a safe haven for investment, according to Bill Stoops, CIO of Dragon Capital.
Vietnam's geographical proximity to China and its historically strong political and economic links with Beijing are paying dividends.
Set to unveil two new models at the Paris Motor Show early next month, VinFast is the brainchild of Pham Nhat Vuong, a Vietnam native who, over the past quarter century, parlayed $40,000 in loans into an empire worth an estimated $10 billion.
HANOI, Sept 9- Vietnam has refused entry to the Secretary General of the International Federation for Human Rights, Debbie Stothard, to attend the World Economic Forum to be held in the country next week, the Swiss-based international foundation said on Sunday. Hanoi is hosting the World Economic Forum on ASEAN on Sept. 11-13, an event touted as the biggest...
This summer's box-office hit "Crazy Rich Asians" highlighted a wider wealth trend across the region, according to a new Wealth-X report.
HANOI, Sept 5- Vietnam National Shipping Lines, a state-owned shipping firm also known as Vinalines, raised a meagre 54.3 billion dong from an IPO, far below its target of 4.89 trillion dong, the Hanoi Stock Exchange said on Wednesday. It had sought to sell 488.82 million shares, a 34.8 percent stake, and raise about $210 million, bookrunner Saigon Securities had said.
Sen. John McCain joins a select few who have lain in state at the U.S. Capitol.
The body of John McCain will lie in state on Wednesday in the Arizona state capitol.
Fast food chains dominate markets all over the world. But in Vietnam, it's a different story. There, brands like McDonald's and Burger King have struggled to take off.
Sen. John McCain's father and grandfather, both admirals, are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but the straight-speaking former POW and senator chose to be laid to rest at his alma mater, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
McCain survived nearly six years as a POW, succeeded Barry Goldwater in the Senate and lost a White House bid to Barack Obama.
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