Vietnam

The US-Vietnam WTO Coalition, a collection of US firms and organisations supporting Vietnam's entry into the WTO, has praised Vietnam for allowing greater religious freedom in recent... 2006-08-09

BMI View: Vietnam will continue to be one of the fastest growing economies in Asia in 2006, but we have revised our growth forecast down to 7.8% from 8.1%, in light of H106 growth... 2006-08-09

The Viet Nam Index (VNI) looks set to experience further losses, having plunged by 20% over the past fortnight alone. The index closed at five-month low of 399.80 on Wednesday, some... 2006-08-02

Vietnam's trade deficit fell sharply in January-July, but BMI expects that the country's rapid economic growth will necessitate higher oil imports, which will keep the trade account... 2006-07-27

Centuries old plans to build a canal connecting the Indian Ocean and South China Sea oceans across Thailand's Kra Isthmus look unlikely to be realised for a long time, if ever. While... 2006-07-20

BMI View: As Vietnam's new, younger and supposedly more reform minded leadership comes to power, all eyes seem to be on the issue of corruption, which dogged the 10th Communist Party... 2006-07-13

BMI View: The latest government estimates show that growth in the first half of 2006 was 7.4% y-o-y. This is lower than the 7.6% recorded in the first half of last year, and falls... 2006-07-13

According to local media reports, the head of Vietnam's police investigation unit has been relieved from his post amid allegations that he was involved in a corruption scandal at... 2006-07-13

One of the more extraordinary examples of the 'South-South' investment phenomenon is underway in Southeast Asia. Laos is increasingly reliant on aid and investment from neighbouring... 2006-07-05

Asia's spectacular economic growth over the past generation has raised per capita incomes substantially, but the increases have been highly uneven across the region, and also within... 2006-06-29