Vietnam

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano has expressed support for Vietnam's ambitions to pursue the development of nuclear energy for economic... 2011-10-04

Newly elected President Truong Tan Sang has asked Vietnamese authorities and employers to exercise caution over the management of foreign labour in the country. Illegal foreign workers... 2011-09-02

Vietnam's headline consumer price inflation (CPI) accelerated from 22.2% y-o-y in July to 23.0% y-o-y in August, reaffirming our concerns that inflationary pressures may prove to be... 2011-08-29

BMI View: Another discovery by Vietsovpetro in Block 09-1 will help boost the company's output to 140,000b/d by 2015. The extra production could help delay Vietnam's slide towards net... 2011-08-24

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed Hanoi's interests in strengthening bilateral ties with Cambodia. During a visit in Hanoi by Second Vice President of the Cambodian... 2011-07-01

The emerging Asian growth boom is beginning to show signs of succumbing to the stresses of high oil prices, higher interest rates, stronger currencies, and the supply chain disruptions... 2011-06-21

Vietnam has accused China of raising political tensions in the region following a territorial dispute in the South China Sea in May. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong... 2011-06-03

The National Assembly (NA) has announced that it will review proposals to increase the allocation of excess budget revenues towards national defence and security. Chair of the NA Committee... 2011-05-01

Latest economic figures published by the General Statistics Office (GSO) suggest that a shift in the Vietnamese government's focus from driving economic growth towards fighting inflation... 2011-04-04

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has reaffirmed Ukraine's interest in deepening economic ties with Vietnam during his visit to Hanoi in March. The Ukrainian president highlighted... 2011-04-04