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Infrastructure as Strategy: How Vietnam Rewires Indochina through Ports and Roads Published Vietnam is often portrayed as losing influence in Laos and Cambodia to China. But the construction of key infrastructure gives Hanoi some measure of agency. [1]

HANOI -- Cambodia held a completion ceremony for the expansion of Ream Naval Base on Saturday, a project that was carried out with Chinese support and has stirred worries that China's military might receive exclusive access to the port. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

HONG KONG -- A billion-dollar deal by China Merchants Port Holdings, a state-owned enterprise that has been a leading investor in overseas ports, to acquire half of a French-owned portfolio of shipping terminals has been stalled by authorities in Ind... [3]

HANOI, Vietnam—All that remains of Vietnam’s plan to build a major deep-water port are 114 exposed pilings trailing into the South China Sea and a barge full of rusty machinery. [4]

HONG KONG (Nikkei Markets) -- China Merchants Port Holdings is looking for targets in Southeast Asia, chasing emerging opportunities as manufacturing supply chains look to the region to escape pain being inflicted by the Sino-American trade war. [5]

HANOI—A Vietnamese fishermen’s group has called on the government to take stronger measures for the removal of a Chinese oil survey vessel that Vietnam accuses of violating its sovereignty in the South China Sea Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been... [6]

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Amazon.com is to officially launch its e-commerce services in Vietnam, with the aim of taking on Chinese rival Alibaba Group Holding in one of the fastest-growing e-tailing markets in the world. [7]

Holding companies push 4G and fiber-optic advantage with Myanmar's fourth operator Beijing's ban on used paper is seen as a poke at the US as trade tensions fester Spread of car ownership offers business opportunities Japanese courier company continu... [8]

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[1] TH fulcrum.sg · 2026-02-13 · 85% match

Infrastructure as Strategy: How Vietnam Rewires Indochina through Ports and Roads

Infrastructure as Strategy: How Vietnam Rewires Indochina through Ports and Roads Published Vietnam is often portrayed as losing influence in Laos and Cambodia to China. But the construction of key infrastructure gives Hanoi some measure of agency.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-04-07 · 53% match

Cambodia completes China-backed expansion of Ream Naval Base

HANOI -- Cambodia held a completion ceremony for the expansion of Ream Naval Base on Saturday, a project that was carried out with Chinese support and has stirred worries that China's military might receive exclusive access to the port.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-08-28 · 64% match

Chinese state port operator's India and Vietnam acquisitions stall

HONG KONG -- A billion-dollar deal by China Merchants Port Holdings, a state-owned enterprise that has been a leading investor in overseas ports, to acquire half of a French-owned portfolio of shipping terminals has been stalled by authorities in Ind

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-09-25 · 61% match

Seaport Delay Highlights Shaky Vietnam Economy

HANOI, Vietnam—All that remains of Vietnam’s plan to build a major deep-water port are 114 exposed pilings trailing into the South China Sea and a barge full of rusty machinery.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-08-30 · 60% match

China Merchants Port looks to Southeast Asia amid trade war

HONG KONG (Nikkei Markets) -- China Merchants Port Holdings is looking for targets in Southeast Asia, chasing emerging opportunities as manufacturing supply chains look to the region to escape pain being inflicted by the Sino-American trade war.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-07-31 · 58% match

Vietnamese Fishermen Call for Action Against China

HANOI—A Vietnamese fishermen’s group has called on the government to take stronger measures for the removal of a Chinese oil survey vessel that Vietnam accuses of violating its sovereignty in the South China Sea Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-03-12 · 57% match

Amazon to enter Vietnam in challenge to Alibaba

HO CHI MINH CITY -- Amazon.com is to officially launch its e-commerce services in Vietnam, with the aim of taking on Chinese rival Alibaba Group Holding in one of the fastest-growing e-tailing markets in the world.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-06-11 · 55% match

Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos

Holding companies push 4G and fiber-optic advantage with Myanmar's fourth operator Beijing's ban on used paper is seen as a poke at the US as trade tensions fester Spread of car ownership offers business opportunities Japanese courier company continu

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-08-08 · 55% match

Chinese Ship Heads Away from Vietnam in South China Sea Standoff

HANOI—A Chinese survey ship which has been embroiled in a tense, month-long standoff with Vietnamese vessels has headed away from Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), a Washington-based think tank said on Wednesday.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-01-12 · 54% match

Chinese ties are an economic boon but a diplomatic minefield

NHA TRANG, Vietnam Now is not an easy time to be a Vietnamese official. China is ramping up its saber-rattling in the South China Sea, reportedly sending its first aircraft carrier to Hainan, a Chinese island across the Gulf of Tonkin, on Dec. 26.

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