Việt Nam qua báo chí nước ngoài 5/2011 ( tiếng Anh )

Vietnam Trade Deficit Widens ( WSJ 25/5/1 )

"Vietnam's persistent trade deficit widened to its largest point in 17 months in May, putting further pressure on authorities to address imbalances in the economy."

Vietnam Stocks Tumble, Lead Decline in Asia on Inflation Concern ( San Francisco Chronicle 25/5/1 )

"Vietnam's stocks tumbled, dragging the benchmark index down by the most in Asia, after government data showed inflation accelerated to a 29-month high in May."

 Thais consider investment in Vietnam ( Bangkok Post 23/5/11 )

"As Vietnam continues to remain a hotbed for foreign investment, Thai companies are now starting to look at their neighbour in a different light, with delegations of business executives flocking to the country."

 Vietnamese investors left in limbo ( Asia Property Report  23/5/11 )

"Real estate investors in Vietnam have been forced to seek further financial assistance after commercial banks have restricted loans for developments."

 Meditations of a detained monk in Vietnam ( Asia Times Online 24/5/11 )

In recent weeks, street loudspeakers have urged Vietnamese people to vote in National Assembly elections with propaganda art and posters around the city extolling the virtues of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). ( ... ). It's not the type of democracy Thich Quang Do - who has been jailed several times over the years for his pro-democracy advocacy and once accused by authorities of working for the US Central Intelligence Agency - has been fighting for.

Vietnam: Voters Cast Ballots for Parliament ( TIME  23/5/11 )

" Though the fanfare leading up to the polling was grand, with parades and red banners streaming across roadways proclaiming, "Long live the glorious Communist Party of Vietnam," the 500 members elected to the lawmaking National Assembly will not alter the country's direction regardless of who's selected."

Vietnam's State Sector Should Not Dictate the Trans-Pacific Partnership ( Heritage.org 23/5/11 )

" It seems like Vietnam has been the next big thing for quite a while. Vietnam did very well in the 1990s and through the turn of the century. For the past two years, however, despite all the advantages it possesses, the Vietnamese government has managed only to destabilize a promising economy. "

Vietnam rulers reach out to business people ( F.T. 20/5/11 )

"A decade after China’s Communist party decided to embrace business chiefs, there are tentative signs that the more cautious Communist leadership in neighbouring Vietnam is starting to reach out to the business community amid efforts to stabilise the fast-expanding but unbalanced economy."

Vietnam Treads China's Path ( The Diplomat 19/5/11 )

"While international attention has been focused on China’s crackdown on activists, Vietnam has also been tightening the noose around dissent."

 Vietnam: Hanoi, bishop and nuns left powerless before government. ( Asia News 18/5/11 )

"The city government wants to demolish the house of the Sisters of Saint Paul wiping out all their charitable activities. Many Church properties, which should be returned to their rightful owner are seized and made out as private property of members of the party, fuelling real estate speculation."

 Vietnam's supply chain challenge ( Bangkok Post 17/5/11 )

" Vietnam has been one of the world's most impressive growth stories over the last two decades. Over the last 10 years in particular it has integrated into the global economy, becoming an attractive business location. Yet the economy faces internal weaknesses and challenges, reflected in low competitiveness in different aspects. Moreover, rapid and complex external changes are affecting Vietnam's open economy in increasingly significant ways. "