Govi Snell

Hanoi is hop­ing to ben­e­fit from the push to de-risk from Chi­na amid in­ten­si­fy­ing geopo­lit­i­cal ten­sions.

Small scale re­cy­cling is un­der way but most rub­bish still ends up in land­fills and waste-to-en­er­gy plans have stalled.

Ap­ple, Google, and Sam­sung are among the tech gi­ants ex­pand­ing op­er­a­tions in the fast-grow­ing South­east Asian coun­try.

An­nounce­ment from Health Min­istry also bans con­ver­sion ther­a­py but lacks en­force­ment pow­ers.

Coun­try says it can no longer be ‘rice first’ as farm­ers urged to change plant­i­ng tech­niques or con­sid­er al­ter­na­tives.

Mass ex­o­dus of mi­grant work­ers from Viet­nam’s COVID-19 epi­cen­tre prompts fears of virus surge in rur­al ar­eas.

Over­whelmed hos­pi­tals and food short­ages in Ho Chi Minh City as au­thor­i­ties ex­tend to­tal lock­down.