The new Global Democracy Index 2021, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), continues to classify Vietnam as a group of „authoritarian“ countries in the context of worldwide democracy being reversed and dictatorships restored over the past year. Vietnam ranks…
Canada is the 14th largest foreign investor in Vietnam as of November 2021 with 231 projects worth $4.81 billion. Vietnam is Canada’s top trading partner in ASEAN. For the last few years, Canada has looked to Vietnam as a dynamic…
On February 12, 2022, the White House issued the US Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS). This is the first report to be issued regarding US strategy in the Indo-Pacific region since President Joe Biden took office last January. Release date This strategy…
Vietnam’s goods exports to the Chinese market fell sharply in January, but imports still increased sharply in the first month of the year, according to statistics of the General Department of Customs quoted by the State newspaper on February 16.…
Human Rights Watch accuses the Vietnamese government of blocking and restricting the movement of activists and dissidents. Those prevented from free movement confirmed this happened publicly over the years. On February 17, 2022, Human Rights Watch (HRW) held a report…
Samsung Electronics has just moved some production lines from Vietnam to its factory in Gumi, Korea. The decision was made after many of its factories, including one in Vietnam, had production interruptions due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Korean media announced…
Environmental hero arrested Vietnam’s state-controlled media recently reported that the Security Investigation Agency of the Hanoi City Police Department has arrested Ms. Nguyen Thi Khanh – Director of the Green Innovation Development Center (GreenID) on charges of tax evasion. Ms.…
On February 17, 1979, China launched a massive attack on the entire northern border of Vietnam. The fierce border war between the two „communist“ countries persisted until 1989 in some locations. However, so far, „the third Indochina war,“ as some…
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…
