Kurt Campbell, the US National Security Council's coordinator for the Indo-Pacific, has described Vietnam as one of the countries to define the future of Asia, according to the asia.nikkei.com.

Supply chains in Southeast Asia are racing to recover to full strength after months of factory stoppages and production cuts, including Vietnam which is seeing a rapid return to normality, according to an article published on Japan’s Nikkei newspaper.

While Vietnam is not out of the woods yet, it has enough pull factors to encourage investors to continue their business operations and even move their manufacturing operations to the country, according to Vietnam Briefing.

VOV.VN - SCG Packaging (SCGP), a subsidiary of Thailand’s SCG Group, has unveiled a plan aimed at investing over US$353 million in the Vietnamese paper packaging segment.

VOV.VN - A series of foreign media outlets, including Nikkei, Carsifu, and Leautoblog, have simultaneously published articles highlighting electric cars (EV) produced by VinFast, an affiliate of Vingroup, a leading multisectoral conglomerate of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Nikkei Asia, a leading financial newspaper run by Japanese media giants Nikkei Inc., published an article on August 6 titled “Vietnam emerges as Southeast Asia's next fintech battleground”.

Vietnam’s general elections have grabbed attention of global and regional media outlets which highlighted the event’s importance to the country, the special circumstances of the elections and the role of the new legislature to the national development.

The Japanese media on May 22-23 spotlighted the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly in Vietnam, especially at a time when the Southeast Asian country is battling with the resurgence of COVID-19 since late April.

Japanese beverage company Kirin Holdings is stepping up support for coffee growers in Vietnam, amid a growing consumer demand for sustainable products.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is set to deliver a speech at the 26th International Conference on The Future of Asia, which opened in Tokyo on May 20.