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Spotlight on China-Vietnam ties

  Vietnam has been seen as one of the major beneficiaries of the US-China trade war with firms seeking alternative locations for their factories to avoid costly tariffs. Post reporter Erika Na recently travelled to Vietnam, and her three-part series looks at how the Southeast Asian country has fared over the last four years. 

Updated: 20 Jan, 2023
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Early investors in Vietnam got ‘good piece of cake’. Will rest stay with China?

Vietnam has witnessed a new wave of foreign investor interest at the expense of China since it reopened its borders, as global firms look to diversify due to tariffs and potential pandemic and geopolitical risks to supply chains.

04 Jan, 2023
Many in Vietnam say the US-China trade war spawned the country’s biggest inflow of manufacturing from China. Illustration: Henry Wong
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Why Lego said no-no to second China factory and went to Vietnam instead

Lost investment dollars amid the US-China trade war and pandemic have sparked manufacturing concerns within China, but analysts say Southeast Asia’s gains will be limited even as the region carves out a bigger piece of the pie.

11 Jan, 2023
Electric car batteries are assembled at a plant in Haiphong, Vietnam. Photo: AFP
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‘Innovation is everything’: what fast-growing Vietnam is learning from China

Vietnam is taking note of China’s successes and failures over the past five decades as it accelerates its own industrialisation and positions itself to take advantage of multinationals looking to diversify from the mainland.

19 Jan, 2023
Vietnam is emerging as an alternative manufacturing base to mainland China. Photo: Reuters