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Present from Putin
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/03/2025
» Re: "Putin call 'a test' of deal-making skill", (World, March 19).
What Vietnam is considering to avoid US tariffs
Published on 02/03/2025
» HANOI - US President Donald Trump has announced plans for tariffs that could hit virtually all of Vietnam's goods exports to its top market, worth last year more than US$142 billion, according to UN data, about 30% of Vietnam's gross domestic product.
Slow growth, more uncertainty ahead in 2025
Business, Published on 28/12/2024
» In 2024, central banks worldwide succeeded in controlling inflation, leading to the beginning of monetary policy easing to stimulate the economy. However, they still face many challenges.
The US dollar is a problem for everyone
Oped, Published on 20/08/2024
» In 1971, US Treasury Secretary John Connally famously told his counterparts in the G10 that "the dollar is our currency, but it's your problem". Connally was being unexpectedly candid about the fact that, even though the greenback was the world's main reserve currency, its foremost purpose was to advance US interests.
Why the US can't win trade war with China
Oped, Published on 22/05/2024
» Allegations about China's manufacturing overcapacity have sparked heated discussions among policymakers. During her visit to China in April, US Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen reportedly argued that "when the global market is flooded by artificially cheap Chinese products, the viability of American and other foreign firms is put into question", adding that it was the same story a decade ago.
US adds Taiwan, Vietnam to currency monitoring list that includes Thailand
Published on 11/06/2022
» No major US trading partners such as China have been labeled as manipulating their currencies, but Taiwan and Vietnam were added to a "monitoring list" of foreign exchange policies, the Treasury Department said on Friday.
Thailand’s first twin deficit in nearly a decade set to hit baht
Published on 20/08/2021
» Thailand is heading for a rare current account deficit this year with the country missing out on the billions of dollars earned from tourism, likely piling more pressure on the nation’s already battered currency.
BoT shrugs off US currency watchlist tag
Published on 17/04/2021
» The Bank of Thailand has responded to the US decision to keep the country on a currency manipulation watchlist by asserting that it has stepped into the market only to curb volatility in the baht.
US finds no 'currency manipulators'
Published on 16/04/2021
» The United States refrained from designating any trading partner as a currency manipulator in the first foreign-exchange policy report of the Biden administration, even though Switzerland, Taiwan and Vietnam met thresholds for the label.
Vietnam picks ex-state security official Chinh as new PM
Published on 05/04/2021
» HANOI: Vietnam's National Assembly confirmed Pham Minh Chinh, a career security official, as the south east Asian country's next prime minister at an official ceremony on Monday.