Vietnam to Manufacture Airbus Components
May 28, 2013 (Vietnamica) — The Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), which produces components for European aviation giant Airbus, unveiled its plan to build a manufacturing factory of Airbus...
View ArticleExports to RoK Surge
June 9, 2013 (Vietnamica) — Vietnam continues to be the Republic of Korea’s 4th biggest exporter, with export turnover of US$2.2 billion in the first four months, marking a dramatic YOY increase of...
View ArticleFemale Entrepreneurship in Asia: The Case of Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and...
June 10, 2013 (Vietnamica) — During the last three decades, in economic activities, women in the four countries: Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam were at the center of the changes that have...
View ArticleNokia, Samsung Sweat Over Refusing Low-Skilled Applicants
June 20, 2013 (Vietnamica) – World giant mobile phone producers Nokia and Samsung reportedly sweat over refusing Vietnamese low-skilled applicants. VnExpress (Jun. 20) reported that Samsung Electronics...
View ArticleVietnam Imported 13,480 CBU Cars in 5M.2013
June 21, 2013 (Vietnamica) — In the first five months of 2013, Vietnam imported 13,480 completely built up cars (CBU), marking a YOY increase of 12.3 pct, reported Vietnam’s General Department of...
View ArticleSamsung Electronics Vietnam Invests Another US$1 Bln Project in Bac Ninh
June 21, 2013 (Vietnamica) – Bac Ninh Industrial Zones Authority has granted an investment certificate for Samsung Electronics Vietnam, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Republic of Korea’s Samsung...
View ArticleShifts in Production in East Asia
June 26, 2013 (Vietnamica) — Over the past two decades, growth in industrial production in China has far outstripped growth in the other economies in the region. While this partly reflects more rapid...
View ArticleLotte Acquires Mipec Tower
July 10, 2013 (Vietnamica) — The Korean retailer Lotte Mart has acquired 20.000m2 retail spaces of Mipec Tower, located at 229 Tay Son, Dong Da, Hanoi.This will be the first Lotte Mart supermarket in...
View ArticleRoK Provides Vietnam With US$23.117 Mln ODA Loan for Wastewater Treatment...
July 28, 2013 (Vietnamica) — An ODA Loan Agreement of the Republic of Korean Government via the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) for the waste-water treatment project in Hung Yen city has...
View ArticleVietnam Economic Highlights: 22 October 2013
October 22, 2013 (Vietnamica) — Daily economic highlights by DHVP Research are as follows. * Since October 1, Vietnam Asset Management Corporation (VAMC) has paid VND6,500 billion (~$310 million) for...
View ArticleVietnam in ASEAN and ASEAN in Vietnam
November 29, 2013 (Vietnamica) — Vietnam is increasingly looking to ASEAN as a main pillar for its foreign policy. A landmark shift occurred when Vietnam chaired ASEAN in 2010 and important regional...
View ArticleForecast 2014: Northeast Asia
December 31, 2013 (Vietnamica) — This forecast is provided by Zachary Fillingham of Geopolitical Monitor. Political An Opaque North Korean Power Struggle Though the internal workings of North Korea,...
View ArticleIn 9 Months Vietnam Imported Pharmaceuticals Worth $1.4bn
Oct 14, 2014 (ILC) — Vietnam’s Customs Department released data showing that in the first 9 months of 2014, the local economy has imported pharmaceuticals worth $1.41bn. Some major suppliers of...
View ArticleVietnamese Diplomacy, 1975-2015: From Member of the Socialist Camp to...
May 19, 2015 (Vietnamica) — In this paper, Thayer (2015) presents a broad overview of the evolution of Vietnamese diplomacy from national reunification in 1975 to the present. This forty-year timeframe...
View ArticleA Net Assessment of East Asia
June 16, 2015 (Stratfor; Repub. by Vietnamica) — When I began this series a month ago, I pointed out that the most significant feature of the global system currently is the ongoing destabilization of...
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