HANOI, Vietnam — A number of the posts already on Vietnam at least mention China, if not focus on it. China is the 800-pound gorilla next door, and much of what Vietnam hopes to accomplish in the international marketplace is in spite of or in direct competition with China. I’ve talked before about Vietnam’s focus [...]

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WASHINGTON — This is far from my area of expertise, but I found it interesting that the FT is reporting that the dollar, widely used as the currency of international commerce and reserve holdings, should withstand a challenge by the euro to displace it in that role despite the euro’s steep appreciation against the dollar. [...]

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — This past Tuesday marked the day of the first Cambodian genocide hearing. The trial starts almost thirty years after the end of Pol Pot’s cruel Khmer Rouge regime. During its three years, eight months, and twenty days of rule from 1975 to 1979, 1.7 million Cambodians, more than one-fifth of the [...]

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