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August 2008
- McCain Wins Unlikely Support in Vietnam
  
  Bloomberg | Aug 21, 08 10:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has won admiration from an unlikely place: Vietnam, the nation he bombed 23 times during the war there. Including politicians, newspaper editors, and even his former captor, Vietnamese are voicing support for the candidate. The Republican pushed to restore ties with the country a decade ago, and many Vietnamese hope he will now push to increase trade. More »
July 2008
- Sorry, Veterans, Vietnam Is Profitable Now
  
  Washington Post | Jul 9, 08 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - More expensive Chinese labor has American enterprises heading to Vietnam, moving Harold Meyerson to wonder, in the Washington Post , why 58,000 US soldiers died trying to defend democracy there. "American business, backed by the American government, has realized that the problem with communism wasn't that it was undemocratic but that it was anti-capitalist," Meyerson writes. More »
June 2008
- US Companies Set Up Shop in Vietnam
  
  New York Times | Jun 18, 08 9:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Foreign manufacturers invested $83 billion in China last year, keeping it at the top of the list of overseas producers. But a confluence of circumstances—high inflation, changing government policies, and, above all, rising wages—have led corporations to start looking elsewhere in Asia, the New York Times reports. The shift to other parts of Asia, especially Vietnam, reflects a "China-plus-one" strategy, in which multinational corporations diversify their manufacturing operations. More »
May 2008
- Baby-Stealing Charges Halt Adoptions
  
  CNN | May 28, 08 11:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Guatemala and Vietnam, two of the most popular countries for international adoptions, recently halted their programs, following reports that some babies are kidnapped and put up for adoption or birth mothers coerced—fueled by the $30,000 an adoption can fetch. Vietnam says it will no longer allow adoptions to the US, while Guatemala will resume them only after slogging through a case-by-case review of pending adoptions. More »
April 2008
- $1B Intel Plant Helps Vietnam Reinvent Itself
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Apr 18, 08 12:05 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Intel's choice of Vietnam for a massive superconductor plant surprised the tech world 2 years ago, but the firm's trailblazing has sparked a wave of high-tech investment that is transforming the country, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The plant is still more than a year away from completion, but Intel's presence is helping a nation that had no tech industry to speak of build one from the ground up. More »
February 2008
- UK Premier Oil targets first Vietnamese oil by 2010| Industries| Energy| Reuters
  
  Reuters | Feb 29, 08
  
  SINGAPORE, Feb 29 (Reuters) - UK independent Premier OilPlc expects Chim Sao, its first oil project in Vietnam,to be approved this year, and production to start in 2010, acompany official
- Morgan Stanley Sets Its Sight on Vietnam
  
  Wall Street Journal | Feb 14, 08
  
  The Wall Street firm is acquiring 49% of a Vietnamese brokerage, a first for a Western firm, as it seeks to establish an investment-banking business in the country. The deal comes several months after a plan to team up with a government-run holding company evaporated.
January 2008
- Vietnam's economy | Grappling with success | Economist.com
  
  Economist | Jan 31, 08
  
  A struggle to keep the good times rolling
- Decoupling 1: Emerging Asia | An independent streak | Economist.com
  
  Economist | Jan 24, 08
  
  Some investors fear that America's weakening economy will drag down Asia. In a series of related articles, we ask if they are right. First, the emerging countries
- US-Viet Pact OKs Forced Deportations
  
  Orange County Register (Calif.) | Jan 23, 08 3:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The US and Vietnam have signed a pact that could see thousands of Vietnamese living in America forcibly returned to their homeland, reports the Orange Country Register . Under the agreement, undocumented Vietnamese immigrants facing court deportation orders can now be repatriated. Some 8,000 people will be affected and the deportations could begin in two months. More »
October 2007
- China's Still Booming, but What About Inflation?
  
  New York Times | Oct 25, 07 8:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - China's economy is booming and inflation is in check, but for how long? Third quarter growth swelled the economy by 11.5%, putting China ahead of Asian rivals India and Vietnam, and inflation dropped to 6.2%. Beijing says it will keep falling, but inflationary fears sent the Shanghai stock market down 4.8% today, the New York Times reports More »
March 2007
- Vietnam's stockmarket | The South China Sea bubble | Economist.com
  
  Economist | Mar 15, 07
  
  Deterring a new foreign invasion of Vietnam
January 2007
- Vietnam prepares for boom times
  
  BBC | Jan 6, 07
  
  Vietnam is expected to become a member of the World Trade Organisation next week. The deal will help a country once regarded as a backwater to catch up with its economically successful neighbours.
October 2006
- Challenges for Vietnam's economy
  
  BBC | Oct 26, 06
  
  Vietnam has been given the go-ahead to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), bringing to an end an 12-year journey for the Communist-run state.
July 2006
- US-Vietnam: From enemies to friends
  
  BBC | Jul 12, 06
  
  Four decades on, the trauma of the war between the US and Vietnam is beginning to fade, and the two countries are undergoing a transformation in relations.
May 2006
- Vietnam and US agree trade deal
  
  BBC | May 31, 06
  
  Vietnam has formally agreed a trade pact with the US, paving the way for Vietnam to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).
June 2005
- Vietnam's PM inks Microsoft deals
  
  BBC | Jun 20, 05
  
  Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has signed agreements to promote computer technology in Vietnam with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates.
April 2005
- In pictures: Vietnam celebrates
  
  BBC | Apr 30, 05
  
  Celebrations have been taking place to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.