Vietnam

Health care workers inject a domestically developed vaccine into a volunteer during a trial in February of this year.
22 September 2021
Vietnamese soldiers look out from a truck as they deliver food in strict lockdown areas amid COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in August.
Coronavirus

Vietnam extends Ho Chi Minh City lockdown as COVID rages

Restrictions yet to quell pandemic in nation's commercial hub: 5 things to know

16 September 2021
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways is seeing recovering demand from international travelers following a slump due to the pandemic. (Photo by Yoshiaki Inoue)
Transportation

ANA to increase international flights

Airline to respond to recovering demand in Asia and North America

14 September 2021
A Vietnamese saleswoman stands next to an American and Vietnam flag on sale in Hanoi: America's soft power diplomacy appears to have triumphed.
Opinion

Vietnamese love the US, and China cannot change that

Attempts to turn the Afghanistan withdrawal to Beijing's advantage have failed

13 September 2021
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Companies

Why a carmaker bought a grocery franchise in Vietnam

Odd partnership highlights a trade rule since scrapped by the TPP and EU deal

12 September 2021
Health care workers transfer a COVID-19 patient to an ambulance in Ho Chi Minh City: Southern Vietnam's business hub has an unusually high death rate from the coronavirus.
Coronavirus

Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has highest COVID death rate in region

Restrictions in commercial hub likely to stay beyond Sept. 15, experts say

11 September 2021
Vietnam marks the first leg of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's four-nation tour of Asia.
International relations

China's foreign minister visits Vietnam to counter US overtures

Wang on vaccine diplomacy tour after visits by Austin and Harris

11 September 2021
Alibaba's eWTP Technology and Innovation Fund has invested in Vietnamese food chain Homefarm. (Source photos by Reuters and Homefarm website)
DealStreetAsia

Alibaba-backed fund invests in Vietnamese food chain Homefarm

The investor is branching out into the emerging markets of Southeast Asia

10 September 2021
Vietnam's Insmart provides services to patients as well as to insurers as an intermediary. (Photo courtesy of Sumitomo Corp.)
Health Care

Vietnam draws health care investment from Japan's Sumitomo

Trading houses make inroads into Southeast Asia's mostly private medical sector

5 September 2021
A client browses for goods at a small shop in Hanoi. KiotViet claims it is serving over 110,000 similar businesses in Vietnam.
DealStreetAsia

Vietnam merchant-platform startup raises $45m from KKR

KiotViet to use fresh capital for expansion into finance and logistics

4 September 2021
A worker wearing personal protective equipment sprays a street in Hanoi with disinfectant as Vietnam struggles to contain COVID-19.
COVID-19 Recovery Index

COVID Recovery Index: Delta strain and late jabs hold ASEAN back

Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand occupy last four spots

3 September 2021
Delivery riders in Ho Chi Minh City in August. Vietnam's largest city faces a food delivery crisis.
Coronavirus

Vietnam faces food delivery crisis in Ho Chi Minh City

Grocers and shippers overwhelmed with orders for necessities under lockdown

3 September 2021
Vietnam's informal lenders often advertise their services on walls and street poles in Ho Chi Minh City, giving rise to the term “electricity pole banks.”  
Technology

Indonesia's FinAccel expands to Vietnam ahead of planned US listing

Kredivo platform to offer 'buy now, pay later' services in market hit by COVID

27 August 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, discussed Indo-Pacific security concerns during her meeting Aug. 25 with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/pool/AFP)
Biden's Asia policy

Harris tells Vietnam US Navy will keep presence in South China Sea

VP says Washington will donate another 1m vaccine doses, countering Beijing

26 August 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Hanoi for the second leg of her Asia trip on Aug. 24.
Coronavirus

Harris opens CDC office in Vietnam as COVID rages in south

Hanoi deploys troops in Ho Chi Minh City to contain pandemic while VP's visit

25 August 2021
Machines work on a car at the VinFast manufacturing complex in Hai Phong, northern Vietnam.
Automobiles

Vietnam's VinFast eyes fast-charge batteries to boost EV goals

Vingroup unit plans to open battery plants in US and Europe

24 August 2021
A security officer watches camera feeds in Davao, on the Philippine island of Mindanao, in 2016. The island long been a base for Muslim militants, including those allied with the Islamic State group.
Afghanistan turmoil

ASEAN on guard for extremism inspired by Taliban's Afghan triumph

Philippines on 'full alert' in Mindanao as governments also brace for refugees

23 August 2021
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, pictured in Hanoi on Feb. 1: Chinh's team knows the boom-bust cycle must end.
Opinion

How Vietnam went from pandemic hero to COVID shambles

Leaders assumed that early successes meant vaccination programs could wait

23 August 2021
Customers bracing for tighter COVID-19 restrictions starting Monday search for food on near-empty shelves at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam August 21, 2021. 
Coronavirus

Intel and foreign businesses in Vietnam fear harsh COVID measures

Companies in Ho Chi Minh City worry restrictions will discourage investment

22 August 2021
A woman and her son stop to pray in front of a closed church during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Ho Chi Minh City.
Coronavirus

Vietnam deploys troops in Ho Chi Minh City to suppress COVID

Tougher measures brought in ahead of US vice president's trip to Hanoi

20 August 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to arrive in Singapore on Aug. 22, before moving on to Vietnam on Aug. 24.
Biden's Asia policy

Harris to visit ASEAN in shadow of Afghan exit: 5 things to know

VP's trip to Singapore and Vietnam set to 'reassure' about US commitment to Asia

20 August 2021
Toyota's Takaoka plant: The automaker will suspend production lines at multiple domestic factories starting early next month. (Photo by Koji Uema)
Automobiles

Toyota to cut global output 40% in September on ASEAN outbreaks

Automaker cites impact of coronavirus on suppliers in Vietnam and Malaysia

20 August 2021
Workers take a socially-distanced break at medical technology company Diversatek, one of many outfits having staff live on site, in Binh Duong Province, next to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Coronavirus

Vietnam factories rethink 'sleepover' approach to stopping COVID

Country's virus woes pose risks for global supplies of sneakers and smartphones

19 August 2021
A lack of engineers and difficulties with bringing in experienced people across borders have hampered efforts to move production to Vietnam. (Source photos by AP and Google/AFP/Jiji) 
China tech

COVID slows Apple and Google production shift away from China

Suppliers say tighter border controls are hindering output expansion in Vietnam

18 August 2021
Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug.16.
Afghanistan turmoil

Asian countries rush to bring back citizens from Afghanistan

India evacuates embassy staff while Chinese mission 'operating normally'

17 August 2021