On 26 January Vietnam and the UK signed a strategic partnership, with a defence-related Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to follow later this year. The partnership – formalised by the 2011 Action Plan - covers seven areas. Key among them are trade and investment, and security and defence.
In an unprecedented move the National Assembly rejected the Government’s planned high-speed rail link between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The USD 56 billion project has been the subject of much
