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Vietnam activists flock to ‘safe’ social media after cyber crackdown
Source: Stars Online
Link: https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/07/06/vietnam-activists-flock-to-safe-social-media-after-cyber-crackdown/
Summary: Thousands of Vietnamese social media users are flocking to self-professed free speech platform to avoid tough Internet controls in a new cybersecurity law. Over 100K new active users have registered with Minds.com, fearing that Facebook could be complying with the new rules.
7-Eleven Arrives in Vietnam Aiming for 100 Stores in Three Years
Source: Bloomberg
Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/vietnam-s-rock-star-economy-hits-a-milestone-7-eleven-arrives
Summary: Seven-Eleven, a Japanese-owned chain, opened its first outlet in Vietnam and plan to open 100 within the next three years.
The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia
Source: Science Magazine
Link: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6397/88.full
Summary: The human occupation history of Southeast Asia (SEA) remains heavily debated. Using DNA testing, the authors found that hunter-gatherers and East Asian farmers contributed to Southeast Asian diversity, including Vietnam, with activities going back at least 4,000 years.
Stock markets from Vietnam to Tokyo hit by trade war contagion
Source: The Business Times
Link: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/stocks/stock-markets-from-vietnam-to-tokyo-hit-by-trade-war-contagion
Summary: The Vietnamese Stock Market has been one of the biggest casualties ahead of American tariffs on US$34 billion of Chinese exports and retaliatory measures set to begin Friday.
4 megatrends affect Vietnam: WB official
Source: Xin Hua
Link: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/06/c_137304333.htm
Summary: Four megatrends affect Vietnam's sustainable and competitive development: shifting trade patterns, rise of the knowledge economy, climate change, and an aging population.
MFAT refuses to front up about Vietnam aid
Source: RNZ
Link: https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018652561/mfat-refuses-to-front-up-about-vietnam-aid
Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) of New Zealand is refusing to be interviewed about a $2.8 million aid project it funds in Vietnam. The project started in April 2015 and due to run until September 2020, targeting ethnic minority households in Huong Hoa in the Quang Tri province, providing basic staples to farmers and providing them with training to support sustainable, organic ways to farm.
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