Congratulations to the incredible team at Nikkei Asia for winning the SABEW Awards three years in a row! I'm immensely proud of our colleagues: Pak Yiu KIRAN MAMGAIN SHARMA किरन ममगाईं शर्मा Lien Hoang & c_Ka Special thanks to Jui Chakravorty for leading both awarded projects! asia.nikkei.com/Announcements/…

Congrats to the Nikkei Asia team on more SABEW award successes! Well done to Pak Yiu KIRAN MAMGAIN SHARMA किरन ममगाईं शर्मा Lien Hoang c_Ka Sanskrita Faisal Mahmud Surbhi Bhatia / सुरभि / سربھی & Jui Chakravorty on the two winning entries. Congrats also to Financial Times colleagues for their two wins. sabew.org/contestsawards…

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TikTok, under fire elsewhere, sees spike in Vietnam e-commerce Lien Hoang asia.nikkei.com/Business/Start… via Nikkei Asia

Draft law restricting journalists' courtroom rights meets opposition e.vnexpress.net/news/news/draf…

In its most sweeping military reorganization in nearly a decade, China has created new independent People's Liberation Army units for information, space and cyber operations. s.nikkei.com/3Jz2ZeQ

The world heritage site of Halong Bay in northern Vietnam is one of the country's most popular tourist spots. The province is also beginning to attract big manufacturers to its relatively cheap industrial parks. s.nikkei.com/3wekBtD

Vietnam pledges more energy security as chip race heats up Lien Hoang asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/… via Nikkei Asia

Vietnam requires facial recognition for digital payments s.nikkei.com/3XPAJNz

U.S. Navy visits former base in Vietnam's strategic Cam Ranh Bay s.nikkei.com/3XWmyq2

A new rule is set to unleash a surge in solar and wind energy in Vietnam, where companies from Apple to H&M are increasingly looking to switch their supply chains to renewable power. s.nikkei.com/4624mgw

Breaking: Vietnam President To Lam takes over party leader Trong's duties; watch for updates asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Vietn… via Nikkei Asia

Born to a farming family when Vietnam was a French colony, Trong was the only Communist party boss to visit the White House. The avuncular Russian speaker's corruption crackdown tried to curb unfettered capitalism as VN became a trade powerhouse: asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Obit…

Vietnam is wading into uncharted territory after losing its longest-ruling postwar leader, Nguyen Phu Trong, with political uncertainty in one of Southeast Asia's key economies a growing concern in Beijing, Washington and beyond. s.nikkei.com/3ymxjrl

There are "striking similarities" in the way India and Vietnam view foreign relations, says Harsh Pant of ORF. "The template is very similar, which is preserving their strategic autonomy and building multi-alignments with major powers." With Lien Hoang: asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…

BOS Semiconductors landed in Vietnam in 2022 to build a support team; seeing the local skills soon convinced it to upgrade the office to R&D. Now VN's become a global magnet for affordable chip design. Nikkei Asia big story: asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

Vietnam turns chip sector magnet with affordable, quality talent pool Country aims to train at least 50,000 chip engineers and designers by 2030 amid an AI boom, as industry giants look to offset severe staff shortages in their home markets. eu1.hubs.ly/H0bKl3v0

Vietnam state media attacked US-backed university with accusations of “colour revolution.” State media published a report that attacked Fulbright University Vietnam, with accusations saying there are early signs of “colour revolution.” Fulbright University is the first

My love letter to Mr Robot's BD Wong in the coolest role ever, the first Viet to win an Oscar, Steven Yeun crying, Asian bae & more: Golden age for Hollywood's Asian leading men asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks… v Nikkei Asia

After CEOs from Nvidia's Huang to Intel's Gelsinger visited, Vietnam weighed how to nab chip investment; one result is this draft law w/ grants, tax breaks, visas, land, seizing the opening created by the China-US tech war: asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/… v Nikkei Asia