Economy
Vietnam Is Adding 600,000 Seniors a Year. Its Silver Economy Isn't Ready.
Vietnam is aging faster than it's getting rich. The elderly care market gap is enormous — and it's a window for businesses willing to get in early.
Economy
Vietnam
Vietnam Just Made Southeast Asia's Biggest Oil Discovery in Two Decades
An offshore field called Hải Sư Vàng holds over 400 million barrels of recoverable oil — the third-largest Southeast Asian discovery this century. It arrives just as Vietnam's output has been in freefall.
Vietnam
How Much Do Vietnamese Love Gold? Prices Doubled, and They're Still Buying
Vietnam's domestic gold price surged over 100% in a year, but the appetite for gold hasn't cooled. Long queues, wedding cost crises, and gold-denominated debts — rising prices are changing how Vietnamese people live.
Diaspora
6 Million Viet Kieu: How the Boat People's Descendants Became Vietnam's Hidden Economic Engine
Vietnam's 6 million overseas diaspora sends USD 16 billion home annually. From the boat people exodus to new dual citizenship laws, the Viet Kieu story.
Education
Vietnam Just Made Teachers Its Highest-Paid Civil Servants
Vietnam's new Education Law makes teacher salaries the highest in the civil service. About 1.6 million educators see pay raises of 15 to 25 percent.