28.11.11 Vietnam Focus November issue: Table of contents

SPOTLIGHT

  • Vietnam slowly builds environmental credentials; Vietnam's foreign donors are supporting such efforts
  • Control of the skies: Vietnam Airlines' legacy as the country's sole national carrier; More foreign investment in the wings?

POLITICS & SOCIETY

  • The hidden past of the Metropole: Tourists, however, are unlikely to gain access
  • Switching to lethal injection: Vietnam's court system is notoriously weak
  • Wondrous Ha Long Bay: The organisation took four years to gather global opinions
  • Javan rhinos lost, but new bat found? Bats uncovered

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

  • Budding friendship with Britain: A number of major investments are also currently underway
  • Playing north and south: The military north; Seoul of the south
  • Nuclear plans afoot: Most of the funding for the project will come from Vietnam's stage budget
  • Denmark funds green growth: Money in, money out
    1Middle income but more aid
  • Canadian state visit: Canada has a substantial overseas Vietnamese population
  • Tax treaty with Kazakhstan, last Soviet republic to declare independence

ECONOMY & ENERGY

  • Boosting bank lending:Cash injection considered
  • Is anti-corruption getting serious? Asset declaration
  • Auto sales sputtering: Overall vehicle sales by members of the association stood at just below 90,000 units
  • More Russian oil and gas deals?
  • Import quotas adjusted
  • PetroVietnam confirms ConocoPhillips bid
  • Second refinery delayed:The refinery will cost US$7.5 billion to build

GREATER MEKONG

  • Focus on Myanmar: Engaging the regime; Mitigating Chinese influence
  • ADB supports Lao hydro dam: The total cost of the power plant is estimated
    at around US$1 billion
  • DIY investment zones: But Laos is doing it differently.