Nov. 20, 2024 3 AM PT To the editor: President Biden is proverbially a day late and a dollar short in authorizing Ukraine to launch U.S.-supplied missiles into Russia. Why now? A year ago or six months ago, this would have changed the course of the war. I understand the need for proportional responses since…
Vietnam has positioned itself in recent years as an attractive destination for Big Tech companies looking to move away from China. But Hanoi’s policies regarding social media have increasingly been following Beijing’s lead. The Southeast Asian nation is now ramping up already tight controls over online platforms with new rules that will require companies to…
Fewer Westerners are working in major Chinese cities as high-paying jobs dry up amid slow economic growth, with living costs and China’s geopolitical tensions with the West also taking their toll. But some of those gaps are being filled by professionals from Southeast Asia, as foreign firms increasingly turn to local or regional talent. Census…
A massive base in the southern part of the South China Sea has made China the country with the fastest response time to emergencies in the region, according to a study by Chinese scientists. “China’s accessibility [to a scene] for search and rescue operations has significantly improved after the incorporation of the Yongshu Reef port,”…
Chinese navy training ship Po Lang will dock in Hong Kong from Monday to Wednesday next week. The People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong garrison said on Saturday the vessel would make a “technical stop” in the city. The garrison revealed the news with a 51-second video titled “Heading home, next stop Hong Kong”. Po Lang,…
Hong Kong is seeking to strengthen ties with Southeast Asian countries, with the city leader meeting leaders from Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Friday morning local time in Lima also met representatives of countries including Chile, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia…
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – Foreign companies are expanding capacity in Vietnam for testing and packaging chips while domestic firms are eyeing investments, as a shifting of industrial activity away from China gathers pace due to trade tensions with the West, executives said. The semiconductor back-end manufacturing sector, which is less capital-intensive than more…
The return of Donald Trump to the White House adds a further layer of uncertainty for developing countries seeking to balance their relations between the United States and China. The Republican candidate had vowed to impose 60 per cent tariffs on all Chinese imports during the election and if he goes through with his pledge,…
Ho Chi Minh City — Vietnam is taking a more outspoken and transparent approach in response to China’s recent detention of Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea, analysts tell VOA. Hanoi is also moving forward with the construction of a new airstrip on a reef in its exclusive economic zone to further assert its…
Technology US tech firms warn Vietnam’s planned law to hamper data centres, social media Communist-ruled Vietnam plans to tighten data rules Published On: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 09:43:09 PKT HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. tech companies have warned Vietnam’s government…