A new episode of The Vietnam Weekly Podcast is out with Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran discussing Vietnam’s ‘bamboo diplomacy’ and deft balancing of China and the U.S., the delicate dance of territorial claims and naval might in the South China Sea, and much more. open.spotify.com/episode/3OWUSh…

The latest episode of The Vietnam Weekly Podcast features Dr. Majo George of RMIT University Vietnam discussing the impact of the Red Sea crisis on the country's exports, ways exporters can reroute around such challenges, and more. open.spotify.com/episode/1LTwuF…

The latest Vietnam Weekly Podcast features vantuly and Mimi Vu on the increasing acceptance of ESG, how many of the country's biggest challenges intersect across those three words, and how partnerships across sectors including civil society are key. open.spotify.com/episode/5kKFqj…

The latest Vietnam Weekly Podcast features Trang Nguyen 🌻 of Climateworks Centre discussing Vietnam’s huge financing needs for its energy transition, the JETP agreement, and the country’s opportunity to become a regional clean energy hub. spotify.link/HiTnEwwxqIb

The new Vietnam Weekly Podcast features Mai Nguyen on the importance of local knowledge to resilience, inclusive urban planning, the struggle to build affordable housing, and her hope of using urban art to drive conversations about resilience and climate. open.spotify.com/episode/2XPeTR…

The latest Vietnam Weekly Podcast features Nguyen Khac Giang discussing the historical context of the anti-corruption campaign, how the centralization of power allows it to be so broad, and the unintended consequences on performance-based legitimacy. spotify.link/VUBzqifh3Hb

The latest Vietnam Weekly Podcast features Brian Eyler discussing the Funan Techo Canal, the current state of the Mekong River, and how it’s not too late for countries to work together to preserve this great river. spotify.link/NSc1wWkERHb

A new episode of The Vietnam Weekly Podcast is out now, featuring Damien Roberts & Truong Thuy Ngan of Saigon Children's Charity. Available on Spotify, YouTube, and all other major podcast platforms: open.spotify.com/episode/1R76LT…

A new episode of The Vietnam Weekly Podcast is out, featuring a conversation with Tu Phuong Nguyen about social insurance and the challenge of reforming this system. open.spotify.com/episode/6hF9YG…

The Vietnam Weekly Podcast is now available on YouTube! A new episode will be released tomorrow across all major podcast platforms. youtube.com/@TheVietnamWee…

Breaking my own Twitter exile to share that I relaunched The Vietnam Weekly Podcast: the first episode features the work Blue Dragon is doing to address the grim topic of human trafficking across Southeast Asia. Available wherever podcasts are found. open.spotify.com/episode/2vUx1z…

Gave up on Twitter a while ago and returned after a bit, but it’s beyond clear how dangerous this platform has become (not to mention nearly unusable for anything informative). I’ve joined Threads, but ideally find me on Substack if you haven’t already. open.substack.com/pub/vietnamwee…

President Võ Văn Thưởng is in Beijing for the Belt and Road Forum and met Russian President Vladimir Putin today. vnexpress.net/chu-tich-nuoc-…

A new subscriber-only edition of the Vietnam Weekly is out, covering the ongoing and increasingly complex investigation into Van Thinh Phat Group, a case that will surely go down as one of the ugliest, most wide-ranging scandals in recent history. open.substack.com/pub/vietnamwee…

A story in three parts.

Amazon Prime Video will no longer be available in Vietnam from October 31: 'Experts said one of the reasons that could have led to the decision stems from Vietnamese regulations.' e.vnexpress.net/news/news/amaz…

Thao Dien is looking awfully sloppy these days. Hopefully all this construction pays off.

Not sure when these images were taken, but you can currently see hundreds of VinFast cars and the Silver Queen ship used to deliver them internationally at the Dinh Vu Port in Hai Phong on Google Maps. The company has been talking about a shipment to Europe for a while.

What's that? You're trying to make sense of Vietnam's real estate market? Plug this into your equation: someone bought a villa in Vinhomes Golden River in Ho Chi Minh City for $23 million. vietnamfinance.vn/dai-gia-bi-an-…