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...If there is enough demand, “we will reclaim the land from the sea”, said Dung Bui Thi Thuy, a marketing executive....
...Additional reporting by Kim Dung Tong in Ho Chi Minh City and Yuji Kuronuma in Tokyo A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 6 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc....
...Among the leading candidates rumoured to be in the running to replace Mr Trong is Tran Quoc Vuong, the current general secretary’s right-hand man and a leader of the anti-corruption campaign....
...Nilanjana Roy a trans-himalayan rally In 1998, I was a lowly reporter at the Business Standard when my boss came by with an offer I could not refuse: would I like to join an Indian army team on a trans-Himalayan...
...I was crossing Asia on the Trans-Siberian Railway, from Moscow to Beijing. East of the Urals, there are quite a lot of trees. By the fourth day, the Siberian forests had lulled me into a stupor....
...Amazon and Home Depot are among the retailers that have stepped up sourcing in Vietnam recently, according to Vu Ngoc Khiem, country director for Global Sources, a consultancy that links global suppliers...
...Nguyen Huu Phuc, who runs a small textile marketing company in Ho Chi Minh City, recalls how “very upset” he was when Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement in 2017...
...The country’s ecommerce market is estimated to have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 25 per cent between 2015 and 2018 and Tiki founder Tran Ngoc Thai Son says the company’s growth has far outstripped...
...Tran Van Dung, chairman of the SSC, has promised to promote solutions to make Vietnam an emerging market....
...“Farmers are switching to other crops like pepper, durian and avocado,” said Tran Duc Tho, director of the trading company Duc Nguyen Cofexim, whose clients include Nestlé....
...News agency Reuters cited Tran Van Dung, chairman of Vietnam’s State Securities Commission, as saying the exchange was working with experts from Thailand’s stock exchange to address the problem and hoped...
...Tran Ngoc Thai Son set up his ecommerce start-up in his parents’ bedroom in Ho Chi Minh City, and went live one Saturday morning in 2010....
...“This is the biggest diplomatic event of Vietnam in 2017, and it’s the biggest international event ever organised in Da Nang,” says Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, vice-chairman of the city’s governing people’s committee...
...Nikkei staff writers CK Tan in Kuala Lumpur, Kim Dung Tong in Ho Chi Minh City and Jun Suzuki in Jakarta contributed to this story....
...Theoretically, this should have been alarming, since many of Vietnam’s biggest “reform” initiatives — embracing multinationals such as Samsung; pursuing global trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific...
...Nguyen Tan Dung, prime minister, admitted to “shortcomings in the government’s management” and “economic structural weaknesses”....
...Last month Do Tat Ngoc, former chairman of the AgriBank, a state-owned bank, was arrested for alleged “violations of state regulations on economic management”, the official Vietnam News reported....
...In its case, the focus was Nguyen Tan Dung, the prime minister, who had become the country’s most powerful figure....
...In January the prime minister, Nguyen Tan Dung, spoke of “shortcomings in the government’s management” and promised to tackle “economic structural weaknesses”....
...Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a master plan to overhaul the economy and set up a steering committee to restructure banks by 2015....
...Last year, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung admitted that Haiphong local government had made some “mistakes” in handling Mr Vuon’s case and disciplined some leaders....
...The fallout from the scandal has spread far and wide, with Nguyen Tan Dung, the prime minister, having to fend off a serious challenge to his leadership....
...The slew of negative headlines in Vietnam’s normally restrained state media has prompted Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam’s prime minister, to order the Haiphong government to undertake an official inquiry into...
...There is a terrific scene in the chapter “A Truckload of Dung”....
...Earlier this month, Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnam’s prime minister, unveiled a major restructuring plan for the ailing company and KPMG is being brought on board to advise on the process....
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