The question for Vietnam is no longer whether it’s going to become an export powerhouse. Exports in the first nine months of 2022 rose 17.2% to $282.3 billion, helping the economy expand almost 14% in the third quarter. Shipments to key markets like the U.S. are rising, key multinational firms are flocking to Vietnam to…

After undergoing one of the toughest Covid-19 lockdowns in the world during 2021, Vietnam’s economy appears to be headed toward a full recovery, according to an analysis of first-half 2022 imports and exports by Trade Data Monitor, the world’s premier source of trade statistics. Vietnamese imports increased 15.5% year-on-year to $185.3 billion during the first…

The burgeoning economy of Vietnam is maturing its way into a new phase. The Asian nation of 97.3 million has taken its place among the linchpins of high-tech supply chains, taking in raw materials and churning out mobile phones, tablets, and other computer gear for over a billion middle-class consumers all over the world. In…