Vietnam has just voiced its interest and desire to cooperate with the US, a few days after Washington announced the Indo-Pacific strategy in which Vietnam is mentioned as one of the leading partners in the world with which the US…
For the fifteenth year in a row, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has proposed to put Vietnam on the list of “countries of particular concern” (CPC) on religious freedom. The one-party state has so far maintained…
Japan’s second-biggest refiner, Idemitsu Kosan, has just said it has no plans to provide new financial support to Vietnam’s Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical, which has had to cut output by 80% due to lack of funding, Reuters quoted a…
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has just approved a new Country Program Document for Vietnam for the period 2022-2026 and a $120 million financial support package for the Southeast Asian nation, Vietnam News Agency reported this on February 6,…
About 17 million Vietnamese students and students went to school for the first time on February 7 after nearly a year of interruption of face-to-face learning due to restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as the Southeast Asian country prepares…
Vietnam is experiencing a widespread shortage of gasoline with many gas stations across the country hanging signs of running out of petrol, stopping selling while the government is inspecting and severely punishing gas stations who hoard goods and wait for…
A priest has just been murdered in a church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, which is considered an area where religious activities are restricted by the authorities in Vietnam. Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh, of the Dak…
Samsung C&T Corp., a construction company under the Korean Samsung Group, has just signed a contract to build a combined cycle power plant worth $510 million in Vietnam. Yonhap News reported on February 2 right after Samsung C&T company made…
The US Embassy in Hanoi said on February 2 that Indo-Pacific Regional Coordinator Kurt Campbell and Assistant Secretary of State Dan Kritenbrink had just had a conversation with Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung to “assess the cooperative and…
Not long after warning of a prolonged shutdown due to “financial difficulties,” Vietnam-based Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Company said it had reached a short-term funding agreement to maintain its normal production. Vietnam’s largest refinery has faced the possibility of…
