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Vietnam hacker group accused of spying on companies, journalists
A hacker group in Vietnam called APT32 has allegedly carried out cyber espionage attacks against multinational companies in Vietnam, as well as against corporations...
Vietnam to switch to e-visas by next year
The Vietnam government is about to put an end to the tiresome tourism visa process it uses to offer via numerous and partly unreliable...
Vietnam may allow foreigners to build houses
The Vietnam government considers to include in its new real estate law a provision that foreign institutions are allowed to build houses for lease...
Vietnam mulls legalising casinos
The Vietnam government and the country's top tycoons are exploring ways to profit from legalising domestic casinos in a push to create jobs and...
Vietnam gov’t wants to increase fertility rate
The Vietnam government wants to encourage families to have at least two children, a change in the policy of saying that each couple should...
Vietnam seeks to ban motorbikes in big cities
In what could be a Sisyphean challenge, the Vietnam government is now considering to ban motorbikes from big cities in the country. After two...
Foreign cars must have escort while driving in Vietnam
The Vietnam government has issued a decree on management of motorised vehicles brought into Vietnam by foreigners for use in travel, under which drivers...
Vietnam plans ministry to handle state enterprises
The Vietnam government plans to fight bureaucracy with bureaucracy and considers setting up a specific ministry or at least a committee to "manage" state...
Vietnam: Marxism classes for free
The Vietnam government is trying to push increasingly unpopular Marxism classes at state-run universities by offering them for free to students.
Works of Marx, Lenin...
Vietnam opens more wind power plants
Vietnam on May 29 put its second wind power plant in southern Bac Lieu province in operation by connecting it to the national electricity...
Vietnam to allow higher bank investments
The Vietnam government is preparing a law that will grant foreign investors to own more than the currently allowed 30 per cent stakes in...
Vietnam’s trade with UAE climbs 150 per cent
According to official trade figures by the Vietnam government, trade between the UAE and Vietnam grew by more than 150 per cent during 2012...
Vietnam to invest massively in tourism
The Vietnam government has said it will allocate no less than $94.2 billion in funds sourced from state resources and private investment to upgrade...
Vietnam Airlines gets complete overhaul
The Vietnam government has announced that it will initiate what it calls a comprehensive restructuring of the national carrier, Vietnam Airlines, by 2015.
Under the...
Vietnam’s $10b refinery moves ahead
Kuwaiti and Japanese investors in Vietnam's second refinery operation got backing from the Vietnamese government to go ahead with the $10 billion project. The...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...