Business Oct 25, 2020
Apple’s shifting supply chain creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam
The boom in Bac Giang highlights how the shift in the world’s supply chains is touching regions previously left behind.
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Business / Economy Aug 26, 2020
COVID-19 brings three-decade economic boom to a sudden halt in Vietnam
For the past three decades, Vietnam has known only good — or great — economic news. The nation’s consistent growth as an exporter pushed many into the middle class.
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Apr 4, 2016
Aspiring females aim sights at solving pilot crisis dogging Asian airlines
Sophia Kuo says she still hears the whispers as she walks through international airports in her EVA Airways Corp. pilot's uniform: “ 'Wow, we have female pilots.' 'How does she fly an airplane?' 'She must be really smart!' ” More than eight decades after Amelia Earhart's solo ...
World Aug 17, 2015
Chicken war with U.S. shows free trade threat to Vietnamese farmers
Hanoi chicken farmer Nguyen Huu Tuyen blames inexpensive poultry imported from the U.S. for the loss of almost $14,000 (¥1.7 million) this year. Farmers such as Tuyen say the only way American companies can undercut Vietnamese poultry prices is if they export chicken at artificially ...