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People may also expect navies and coastguards to strengthen inter-agency coordination to respond in a coherent fashion in the future against China’s actions in the South China Sea. In fact, there is already some progress on this front in some ASEAN countries. There is also the possibility that this new Chinese law may in fact compel concerned ASEAN countries to ramp up intramural coordination and info-sharing between their coastguards, and expand cooperation with extra-regional parties in this regard. … [Read more...] about An act of war: implications of China’s coast guard law

HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam is a promising market for retail and franchise sector as franchising is an increasingly popular strategy taken by many enterprises, said experts at a conference held on the sidelines of the Shop & Store Vietnam Exhibition 2018 held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 28. Suttisak Wilaman, Vice Executive Officer of Reed Tradex, held that Vietnam has all the potential elements, such as a large consumer base, rapidly rising incomes and a generation of educated, young and growing professionals, bringing an optimistic prospective for national and international brands to double its retail and franchising industry in next five years. Vietnam was ranked ninth of the top 12 markets identified by members of the International Franchise Association as the most valuable markets for international expansion. It was also profiled in the Top Markets Report. Nguyen Phi Van, founder and chairwoman of Retail & Franchise Asia, said Vietnam has not had a professional … [Read more...] about Franchising makes Vietnam’s retail market more attractive

Vietnam also needs to further strengthen its banks’ capital positions and develop its capital markets to improve financial resilience and promote long-term financing, it said. Vietnam should give priority to improving access to land and financial resources, particularly for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), it said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam GDP growth to be among world’s highest in 2020: IMF

The aviation and tourism industry saw their workforce shrink by 30.4 percent in the first nine months of the year, while the figures were 29.9 percent for hotels, 17.4 percent for sports and entertainment, and 15.4 percent for the food and beverage industry. … [Read more...] about How Vietnam fought a pandemic and won

During their visit to Vietnam, from August 26th to 30th, the Lao delegation will share their experiences and boost cooperation and friendship between the two armies’ workers in popularization, training and press, as a good foundation to beef up cooperation in ideology and culture in the time to come. … [Read more...] about Lao army unit visits Vietnam People’s Army Newspaper