Vietnam Economy
VinSpeed broke ground on Vietnam's first cross-region high-speed rail — 120 km, $5.6 billion, 2028 operation. The real story isn't the speed. It's where the stations are.
Vietnam Politics
Le Minh Hung, Vietnam's youngest-ever central bank governor, was unanimously elected prime minister. Here's what his background, cabinet, and political constraints mean for the country's economic direction.
Vietnam
Vietnam's Q1 GDP growth looks impressive at 7.83%, but dig deeper and a structural imbalance emerges — foreign firms dominate exports while domestic companies fall behind.
Taiwan
Cooler Master plans to invest $3 billion in Vietnam's Bac Ninh province, transforming from a PC case maker into a global hub for AI server liquid cooling — the latest signal of Taiwanese manufacturers accelerating their shift to Vietnam.
Vietnam
A retired Taiwanese major with an electrical engineering degree from Columbia took KMT money to Vietnam in 1989. His three ventures — Tan Thuan EPZ, Hiep Phuoc power plant, and Phu My Hung — are all still standing. He didn't live to see it.
Vietnam Real Estate
Vietnam's mortgage rates doubled in under a year, with floating rates hitting 12-14%. Rising deposit costs, tighter central bank policy, and inflation pressure are squeezing borrowers from all sides.
Vietnam People
Nine years after freestyling in front of President Obama, Suboi wrote the theme song for the 30th anniversary of US–Vietnam relations — the name through which Vietnamese hip-hop first reached the world stage.
In-depth analysis of Vietnam's politics, economy, business, technology, and culture.
Burger King closed all its Hanoi stores, leaving just 4 in Vietnam. Shake Shack is about to walk in. McDonald's took a decade to open 39 stores. The challenges burger brands face in Vietnam go well beyond price.
Vietnam's north-south salary gap is closing fast, but factories still can't hire enough workers — the real divide is generational.
2025 was the year foreign brands in Vietnam shifted from testing the waters to competing at scale — but the market also claimed 50,000 F&B casualties.
Vietnam's new National Assembly convenes to elect a president, prime minister, and formalize Tô Lâm's sweeping government overhaul.
Vietnam's booming economy is leaving behind a growing share of its youth, with 1.6 million young people now outside the workforce and education system.
Vietnam still has one of the world's lowest obesity rates, but the speed of change is alarming — and the country isn't ready for it.
Vietnam's e-motorbike sales are booming, but charging infrastructure can't keep up. Regulations, permits, and the power grid are all part of the problem.
Vietnam Airlines suspended 7 domestic routes, Vietjet cut 20% of domestic flights, and Bamboo Airways halved its schedule. A rundown of what's happening from April.
Vietnamese shops and homes keep their Earth God and God of Wealth altars on the ground floor, facing the door. The reason is both spiritual and practical.
Some 17 million Vietnamese trade crypto on offshore platforms like Binance, with annual volume topping USD 220 billion. The government is now moving to shut that door and open a domestic one.
On March 25, 2026, Vietnam's prime minister signed a nuclear power deal in Moscow. The plant was first approved 17 years ago.
Vietnam's airlines are cutting over a thousand flights in April and May after China and Thailand halted jet fuel exports.