19.01.10 Vietnam Focus January issue: Table of contents

SPOTLIGHT
> Will social control make for a quiet Party congress? Americans are increasingly the only voice of contention; Scope and number of dissidents remains small;
> Hammer and sickle: Party secretary hopeful travels to China for seminar on Marxist theory
> Army matters: Vietnam People's Army celebrate double anniversary.

POLITICS AND SOCIETY
> New year, new laws: Increased minimum wages; Unemployment benefits
> Poverty line to be raised
> Overseas students must submit progress reports
> Stubbing out public smoking
> Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism introduce bizarre fine for lip synching.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
> Cap in hand at Copenhagen: Donors pledge a record $8bn for help with climate change
> Taking the helm at ASEAN: 2010 agenda.

ECONOMY AND ENERGY
> Trouble continues for Jetstar Pacific
> Energy shortages ahead
> The price of coal
> Foreign investment needed
> State-owned firms to sell dollars
> Vietsovpetro starts the pumps
> Restricting refinery size.

GREATER MEKONG
> Thai-Cambodian relations slump
> Uyghurs choose wrong country
> Who owns Cambodia?