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  • June 15, 2007

    Spotlight: Nguyen Minh Triet - Vietnam’s business-friendly face

    As a mathematics and political science student at the elite Saigon University in the early 1960s, Nguyen Minh Triet, the son of a farming family, was caught up in the leftist student movement, joining – in the words of his official...was moved to Ho Chi Minh City, the booming business capital, where he led a crackdown on a notorious local Mafia don, “Nam Cam,” or “Fifth Orange”, who ran brothels, gambling dens and other illegal businesses with the tacit tolerance of... By Amy Kazmin
  • April 29, 2008

    Rice prices fail to benefit Asian farmers

    ...1.06 per sq m. “Even though the price of rice goes up, we don’t have much to sell,” he says. Yet in nearby Nam Dinh province, Nguyen Ha Thuong sees hope in the imminent industrialisation that may release him from backbreaking work in the paddies. The 54... By Amy Kazmin
  • April 29, 2008

    Rocketing rice prices fail to benefit Asia's small farmers

    ...just $1.06 a square metre. "Even though the price of rice goes up, we don't have much to sell," he says. In nearby Nam Dinh province, Nguyen Ha Thuong sees hope in the industrialisation that may release him from backbreaking rice work. The 54-year-old's last... By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok
  • January 25, 2007

    Takatoshi Ito

    ...unless Asean exercised many reforms quickly. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of Viet Nam listed many reasons that the country found beneficial to be...emphasised positive roles of foreign direct investment to Viet Nam. The United States is the largest FDI origin country. Asean... By
  • June 18, 2007

    Vietnam's business-friendly face

    ...Saigon University in the early 1960s, Nguyen Minh Triet, the son of a farming family...the "battlefield of the market", Mr Nguyen, the president, will next week make...s biggest single trading partner. Mr Nguyen, who became president last June, makes...crackdown on a notorious local crime lord, "Nam Cam," or "Fifth Orange", who ran... By Amy Kazmin
  • January 28, 2006

    Mythical monster with victory on its shell

    ...exists. "Oh, that is a myth," said Nguyen, who had joined me with her friend Vu...might at any moment pop up before me. Nguyen wanted to practise her English; she had...help to run the family textile factory in Nam Dinh, 100km from Hanoi. She had never...and, bidding goodbye to the charming Nguyen, I made instead for the Old City, through... By Simon Busch
  • November 2, 2006

    Vietnam seeks to resolve ABN case

    Nguyen Tan Dun, Vietnam's prime minister, has urged central bank officials and police to swiftly complete an investigation into alleged... By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok
  • November 1, 2006

    Hanoi steps up ABN Amro row

    Nguyen Tan Dun, Vietnamese prime minister, has urged central bank officials and police to prosecute swiftly a case of alleged illegal... By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok
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