Vietnam political star’s downfall shocks nation as graft purge widens: ‘who will be next president?’
On Thursday, the Vietnamese parliament formally accepted Thuong’s resignation, over a year into the largely-ceremonial job.
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Vietnam's president resigns, raising questions over stability
The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors' confidence in the country.
Vietnam president resigns after just one year, government says
HANOI (Reuters) -- The Vietnamese Communist Party has accepted the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, the government said on Wednesday, in a sign of political turmoil that could hurt foreign investors' confidence in the country.
Vietnam’s prosecutors seek death sentence for mastermind of nation’s largest financial scam
Vietnamese prosecutors on Tuesday called for a death sentence for Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the country’s largest financial fraud case on record, state media reported.
U.S. to finance $500m in green exports to Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY -- The U.S. has inked a half-billion-dollar deal to boost green exports to Vietnam, the source of the country's third-biggest trade deficit and a rapidly rising manufacturing alternative to China.
Vietnam's VinFast enters Africa EV market via Ghana distributor
HO CHI MINH CITY -- VinFast has enlisted a company in Ghana to distribute its electric vehicles, offering the Vietnamese manufacturer a potential early-mover advantage as it looks to enter a fourth continent.
In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the lure of moving to the city grows even stronger amid climate shocks
CAN THO, Vietnam (AP) — Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung, 11-year-old twins growing up on a rickety houseboat in the Mekong Delta, have dreams. Tran loves K-pop, watches videos at night to learn Korean and would love to visit Seoul. Trung wants to be a singer.
Anyone for crickets? Vietnam company aims to serve up insects in Singapore
HO CHI MINH CITY -- A Vietnamese startup that farms crickets to make food is approaching Singapore a bit like New York: If they can it make there, the entrepreneurs at the company figure, they can make it anywhere.