FTSE Raises Vietnam’s Status to Emerging Market from Frontier
Vietnam Achieves Emerging Market Status (Bloomberg) – Vietnam has successfully upgraded to emerging market status as recognized by FTSE Russell. The country’s stocks will now be part of FTSE Russell’s Intermediate Emerging Markets group, aligning with nations such as China, India, and Indonesia. This upgrade from Frontier status will officially take effect on September 21, […]
Critics decry Vietnam’s ‘draconian’ new internet law | Vietnam
Social media users in Vietnam who use platforms such as Facebook and TikTok will have to verify their identity as part of tough new internet regulations that critics say will further undermine freedom of expression in the communist country. The law comes into effect on Christmas Day and requires technology companies operating in Vietnam to […]
Precious Cargo review – Vietnam’s ‘operation babylift’ orphans look back | Edinburgh festival 2024
TThe narrator’s accents say it all: you hear Southern English, Australian English, American English and Hebridean English. What they have in common is that they are the adult voices of orphans who were flown out of South Vietnam as part of Operation Babylift at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Placed with families […]