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?