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Fun video
Vietnamese cross the border to China they visit Vietnam’s Tet market.
Totally overcrowded, traffic jam. Can’t differentiate quickly who is Chinese who is Vietnamese. At best, at the different style of hats people can spot the difference Vietnamese and Chinese. Visa is required. Chinese visa for Vietnamese cost 3x more Vietnam visa for Chinese.

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Vietnam’s schaukelpolitik
foreign minister Le Hoai Trung visits Putin in the Kremlin after meeting To Lam with Donald Trump and he with US foreign secretary Marco Rubio in Washington.
Maybe he brings a private message.

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A bit overkil
Vietjet has ordered 406 new aircraft (200 Boeing 737Max, 206 Airbus A321neo). That makes the private airliner the second largest carrier globally in terms of aircraft orders in 2025.

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February 24, 2026

Vietnam Tops China's Lobster Imports as Tariffs Shift Market Share

Vietnam has seen strong growth in lobster exports to China, with the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) attributing the surge to increased demand from higher-income shoppers.

According to a February 21 VASEP update, China’s lobster imports reached 69,774 metric tons (MT) in 2025, up nearly 9,000 MT from the previous year and marking the highest volume in five years, based on Chinese Customs data.

This growth propelled Vietnam to become China’s top lobster supplier, surpassing Canada, which faced a 25% tariff that contributed to a 15%…

Vietnam Tops Chinas Lobster Imports as Tariffs Shift Market Share

Vietnam Tops Chinas Lobster Imports as Tariffs Shift Market Share Seafood News

www.seafoodnews.com

 

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Vietnam shares a common land border, Canada is thousands miles away. Interesting method, farming lobster on a big scale.

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https://www.fxstreet.com/currencies/audusd

NEWS
02/23/2026 21:58:00 GMT

Vietnam: Biggest ASEAN winner from US tariffs – ING​

FXStreet Insights TeamFXStreet

According to ING’s Deepali Bhargava, Vietnam emerges as ASEAN’s largest beneficiary from the US shift to a flat Section 122 tariff, given its export‑led growth model and strong role in global supply chains. The removal of higher IEEPA rates particularly supports Vietnam’s focus on low‑value‑added consumer goods, widening its competitive edge for US‑bound production.

Flat Section 122 boosts Vietnam exports​

"The move to a flat 15% Section 122 surcharge sharply reduces Southeast Asia’s tariff burden and boosts its price competitiveness. It’s an especially important outcome for Vietnam, which relies heavily on export-led growth; this is all the more important given that Vietnam is now the third-largest Asian exporter to the US."

"Vietnam’s strong export showing in 2025 already highlighted how firmly it has embedded itself in global supply chains. The latest tariff changes reinforce that momentum, positioning Vietnam even more favourably as a key production base for US-bound goods."

"Vietnam’s shipments are heavily weighted toward apparel, footwear, toys, and other low-value-added consumer goods – precisely the categories that were disproportionately penalised under the old IEEPA framework. With those higher tariffs now gone, Vietnam’s competitive edge widens further, both regionally and globally."

(This article was created with the help of an Artificial Intelligence tool and reviewed by an editor.)

 

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Trump agrees not to squeeze Cuba further after the pledge by communist chief To Lam.
Cuba is already squeezed like a citrus, almost to death. there is nothing more left to squeeze.

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Vietnam’s Internet speeds surge at start of 2026​

• 26/02/2026

Illustrative photo. Photo: VNA
Data from the i-Speed platform, operated by the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) under the Ministry of Science and Technology, showed marked improvements in mobile broadband quality nationwide, especially 5G services.

Average 5G download speeds reached 594.81 Mbps in January, up 52% from 391.05 Mbps in December 2025. Upload speeds rose 29.5% to 123.71 Mbps from 95.47 Mbps.

Among major cities, Da Nang maintained its lead with average 5G download speeds of 677.23 Mbps. Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho posted strong monthly growth of 86% and 83.9%, reaching 632.02 Mbps and 595.88 Mbps, respectively.

By provider, Viettel continued to lead the 5G market with average download speeds of 616.99 Mbps and upload speeds of 127.09 Mbps, respectively rising from 402,61 Mbps and 98,4 Mbps in December. VNPT ranked second, followed by MobiFone.

In January, mobile broadband speeds stayed stable, with average download speeds of 90.05 Mbps and upload speeds of 29.77 Mbps. Viettel, VNPT and MobiFone remained the best performers.

Fixed broadband quality also remained stable nationwide, with average download and upload speeds of 256.86 Mbps and 170.28 Mbps, respectively. Hanoi continued to top the country in fixed broadband performance. The leading service providers were Viettel, CMC Telecom and VNPT.

In 2026, the Telecommunications Authority under the Ministry of Science and Technology aims to raise average mobile speeds to 170 Mbps and fixed broadband to 300 Mbps, while ensuring 5G coverage reaches 99% of the population.

The authority has also licensed Starlink Services Vietnam to provide low-earth orbit satellite telecommunications services. Once they go operational, Vietnam will become the fifth Southeast Asian country to deploy Starlink, marking a significant step forward in strengthening national digital infrastructure.

Vietnam’s Internet speeds surge at start of 2026

Vietnam’s Internet speeds, particularly 5G mobile broadband, recorded strong growth in January 2026, with the upward trend expected to continue thanks to synchronised infrastructure investment.

vietnam.vnanet.vn

 

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Doing some speed test, here in a major city where I am, 5G speed reaches 300Mb download, 25Mb upload at best.

 

[Viet]

Interesting projection
The US will import more from Vietnam than from Canada.
That’s not easy and probably unrealistic. Or at least 10 years away. But given MAGA madness everything is possible. The US imports $400 billion a year from Canada.

Vietnam is on track to overtake Canada as a source of U.S. imports

Asian country’s exports to U.S. soared 42 per cent in 2025

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Why regret? Trump is happy, the US is happy. If anything the risk is high if we don’t participate this MAGA club.

This is MAGA base who are staunch Trump supporters, and just look at their take on Vietnam.

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I know that Vietnam is waiting for the return of the Dems, but the Dems gonna be powerless in front of China even if Trump cannot defeat China with all his batsh1t crazy tactics.

 

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This is MAGA base who are staunch Trump supporters, and just look at their take on Vietnam.

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I know that Vietnam is waiting for the return of the Dems, but the Dems gonna be powerless in front of China even if Trump cannot defeat China with all his batsh1t crazy tactics.

As said it’s better if the MAGA is happy than unhappy. Nobody knows what those nuts will do if they are unhappy.

As for racism against Vietnamese or other ethnics I think the Germans, the French are more in that regard than the US Americans. As for this woman Lauren Wizke, it is is a very German name, and she mentions Werner von Braun, a German rocket engineer during the Nazi. I willing to bet she brings her racism from her hometown to America.
It’s better to ignore such poor idiots. There are too many of them out there to care about.

 

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“Grand encirclement plan”
Makes no sense for the US even as superpower to fight multiple fronts at once. How’s going to work?
Vietnam’s bamboo strategy as response is a variant of Bismarck’s schaukelpolitik.

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[ChineseTiger1986]

As said it’s better if the MAGA is happy than unhappy. Nobody knows what those nuts will do if they are unhappy.

As for racism against Vietnamese or other ethnics I think the Germans, the French are more in that regard than the US Americans. As for this woman Lauren Wizke, it is is a very German name, and she mentions Werner von Braun, a German rocket engineer during the Nazi. I willing to bet she brings her racism from her hometown to America.
It’s better to ignore such poor idiots. There are too many of them out there to care about.

Because China is your backbone.

Without China, they gonna perceive all East Asians as inferior subhumans.

 

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Because China is your backbone.

Without China, they gonna perceive all East Asians as inferior subhumans.

Oh well, psycho are everywhere, be prepared just in case.
There are some assumptions. One is the US will not attack China and Vietnam militarily at the same time. Not going to work.
They can wage economic warfare that’s possible but that’s illogical. Vietnam can produce unlimited cheap consumer goods. that’s something every US gov needs to keep living costs down.
Conclusion the MAGA will not wage economic neither a real war against China and Vietnam at the same time.