Nate Fischler, Author at Asia Times

Japan, Vietnam gently coming together against China

by Nate Fischler September 21, 2021September 27, 2021

While the US, UK and Australia dropped their nuclear submarine bombshell last week, less noticed was a potential game-changing meeting between Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi and his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang. In Hanoi, the two defense chiefs signed an unprecedented agreement allowing for the sale of military equipment and sharing of defense technology […]

Facebook’s self-defeating censorship in Vietnam

by Nate Fischler November 24, 2020November 27, 2020

Cambodia opens the way for Chinese naval presence

by Nate Fischler October 5, 2020October 8, 2020

越南正努力在中美之間達成微妙的貿易平衡。相片：Reuters

AT Finance, European Union, Vietnam, World

越南在貿易戰中的上升空間

by Nate Fischler October 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnam is angling to strike a delicate trade balance between the US and China. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, China, European Union, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Trade war upsides abound for Vietnam

by Nate Fischler October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 29, 2017. Photo: AFP/Pool/Natalia Kolesnikova

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, India, Russia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

US won’t easily break Russia’s hold on Vietnam

by Nate Fischler April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

相片：Reuters / Dado Ruvic

AT Finance, Indonesia, Vietnam

越南的加密货币两难困境

by Nate Fischler February 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters / Dado Ruvic

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Vietnam has a cryptocurrency dilemma

by Nate Fischler February 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Dinh La Thang (center) listens as the verdict is delivered on his case in Hanoi, Vietnam, on January 22. Photo: VNA / Doan Tan via Reuters

AT Finance, Vietnam, World

Vietnam lays down marker with conviction of ex-Politburo member

by Nate Fischler January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy (left) are seen with US President Donald Trump, Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his wife Tran Nguyet Thu, and US First Lady Melania Trump prior a concert during the G-20 Summit in Hamburg on July 7. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Vietnam sets its sights on TPP agreement without US

by Nate Fischler October 28, 2017February 18, 2020

A Vietnamese passenger rides an old train reserved for traders and their goods between Hanoi and Along. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

China, Japan vie for Vietnam rail riches

by Nate Fischler September 21, 2017February 18, 2020

All our troubles seemed so far away: likenesses of North Korean and Vietnamese founding fathers and once close allies smile behind the countries' current leaders, Kim Jong-un and Trần Đại Quang, friends in rhetoric only.

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Vietnam’s role in North Korea: a ‘friendship’ endures?

by Nate Fischler July 30, 2017February 18, 2020