28.02.10 Vietnam Focus
February issue: Table of contents
SPOTLIGHT
> Vietnam's provinces go head to head: The annual PCI weighs in; Vietnam's
economic powerhouses; General improvements.
POLITICS AND SOCIETY
> Clearing the decks for New Year: Writer and activist Thuy found guilty
of
assault; Government rouses attention of Human Rights Watch; Loyalists speak
out;
Fighting corruption; Bank trouble
> A party for the Party: Celebrations to mark 80th year
> Tet รก Tet: Lunar New Year proves a busy affair.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
> Taking on the US: Conflict over shrimp exports resurfaces
> Dung at Davos: Prime Minister takes part in World Economic Forum.
ECONOMY AND ENERGY
> Currency constraints: Shortage appears to be subsiding
> Bond to the rescue: Government looks abroad for dollar funding
> Dong bond falls flat: Ministry of Finance reveals failure to excite
domestic financial markets
> Increasing debt and worry
> Less than open skies: Jetstar executives prevented from leaving the
country; Travel ban sends warning to private investors; Indochina airlines
appears to
be on last legs
> Petrovietnam warns future oil and gas discoveries may be in short supply
> Refinery news: Russia's ALT group announce cooperation with Khang Thong
in
new oil refinery investment
> Talisman to face delays
> The Russians are coming: Rosatom to develop first phase feasibility
study
for nuclear power plant
> Electrical storms: EVN announce purchases.
GREATER MEKONG
> Preah Vihear, again
> Rainsy tried in absentia.