Its new deal with Vietnam and its fresh tariff threats issued to many other countries seem designed to reduce China’s role in ...

Vietnam is often compared to China in the 1990s or early 2000s, and not without reason. Both are communist countries that, led by a one-party political system, turned capitalist and focused on ...

T HE ECONOMIC development of Vietnam now has a permanent monument in one of the world’s most prestigious seats of learning. After a $207m investment announced early this month by Sovico, a ...

Trade will also be keeping Vietnam’s leaders awake at night. Imports and exports were worth 208% of GDP in 2018 (the total is more than 100% because lots of components are imported, assembled ...

Vietnam is a bright spot on an otherwise soot-black map. In the four years to 2021, the share of electricity generated by solar in Vietnam increased from practically nothing to nearly 11%.

The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam. By Max Boot. Liveright; 768 pages; $35. Head of Zeus; £30. BECAUSE the Vietnam war was the first that the United States ...

In Vietnam’s south, its economic heartland, collectivisation of farms and factories lasted just ten years before private ownership was restored.

By Charlie McCann: South-East Asia correspondent, The Economist. I N JANUARY 2021 the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will convene its five-yearly meeting, the 13th national congress. The party ...

Cuc Phuong, Vietnam’s first national park, which was opened in 1962 by Ho Chi Minh, the country’s first Communist leader, is now home to Save Vietnam’s Wildlife, an NGO.

The secret objective of bombing North Vietnam, in McNamara’s own words, was to contain China. As that bombing escalated, Mr Ellsberg knew he had to expose the lying, killing machine.

Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975. By Max Hastings. Harper; 896 pages; $37.50. William Collins; £30 MAX HASTINGS, an acclaimed military historian, has produced an indispensable if uneven ...