Hints and tips:
...You have to take yourself out of it, in a way, because you can try to manipulate the colours a bit, but really, they do their own thing....
...Such friendliness is at least partly to do with the fact that we are travelling on bikes....
...“I’m glad we stuck with what we wanted to do and did it the hard way.”...
...As those who noticed deleted sex scenes from the Elton John biopic Rocketman can attest to, Vietnamese censors already cut racy content, and have relied on various regulations to do so....
...“It’s a dilemma for manufacturing company owners,” said Linh Nguyen, lead analyst for south-east Asia with Control Risks....
...Covid-19 and the closing of Vietnam to most international travellers have calmed some of the hype by hampering companies’ ability to do due diligence there....
...Last year it fielded an unexpected demand for seafood imports, said Linh Le, marketing manager....
...Nguyen Dieu Linh, chairwoman of Vinhomes, said the KKR-led investment reflected international investors’ confidence in the company and the Vietnamese market....
...“In China, the government can do everything; in India they can’t do anything,” says Huynh The Du, a lecturer at Saigon’s Fulbright University....
...In April, both Vinasun and rival Mai Linh launched their own apps in a bid to outmuscle foreign competitors....
...Like all internet start-ups, KakaoTalk, Line and WeChat face their own challenges – from finding ways to monetise their soaring user base to ensuring they do not fall out of fashion as quickly as they rose...
...“I’m sure if they could go back to the past, they would still do the same because that’s a question of react or die.”...
...“These state-owned companies can’t even pay their own debts and solve their own salary problems, so how can they ever hope to do anything to benefit our country?” says Ms Lan....
...Additional reporting by Nguyen Phuong Linh...
...Additional reporting by Nguyen Phuong Linh in Hanoi...
...By Jake Maxwell Watts and Nguyen Phuong Linh In both the developing and industrialised worlds, economic growth rates, like bad news, can be entirely relative....
...Additional reporting by Catherine Belton in Moscow and Nguyen Phuong Linh in Hanoi...
...By Gwen Robinson and Nguyen Phuong Linh Lost in the excitement over China’s move to cut rates was Vietnam’s very own cut – of sorts....
...Senior officials from the culture minister to a deputy prime minister have told citizens to do their duty and vote for Halong Bay....
...My-Linh Ngo, associate director of sustainable investments at Henderson, which manages £726m (€870m) in ethical funds, said: “Industry still needs to go a lot further, but emerging markets are where the...
...“What do you eat here?” I ask Linh, foolishly. “Eel,” he replies. “This is the Eel Shop. Only eel.”...
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