Vietnam

  • Nov 22, 2011
  • 2 min read

Russian nuclear loan to Vietnam signals cooperation

Russia has agreed to lend 8-9 billion dollars to fund Vietnam's first nuclear power facility, a...

Russia
  • Oct 25, 2011
  • 2 min read

Tokyo wary of Beijing as cooperation with ASEAN grows

Defence Ministers Yasuo Ichikawa and Phung Quang Thanh signed a defence cooperation protocol...

Japan
  • Oct 7, 2011
  • 6 min read

Labour discontent rises in Vietnam

Since 1995, workers have launched over 3,000 strikes to demand better wages, employment benefits...

Vietnam
  • Sep 30, 2011
  • 2 min read

China steps up rhetoric on South China Sea dispute

The English edition of a major Chinese news website yesterday published a translated editorial...

China
  • Sep 27, 2011
  • 5 min read

Vietnam's healthcare system suffers on policy failure

Commercialisation of healthcare services in public hospitals since the late 1980s has taken place...

Vietnam
  • Aug 22, 2011
  • 2 min read

Sovereign dispute spells domestic trouble for Vietnam

Local security forces in Hanoi yesterday detained some 47 people present at a protest rally...

Vietnam
  • Aug 15, 2011
  • 7 min read

Russian arms sales to South-east Asia are on the rise

Continuing tensions over the South China Sea have led South-east Asian states to modernise their...

Russia
  • Aug 2, 2011
  • 2 min read

Vietnam's healthcare sector seeks low-cost providers

India's Fortis Healthcare Limited (FHL) is in discussions to purchase a controlling stake in...

Vietnam