Crickets, Anyone? Vietnamese Company Aims To Serve Up Insects In Singapore
March 14th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on a Vietnamese startup expecting to be first to get food made from insects onto store shelves in Singapore: A Vietnamese startup that farms crickets to make food is approaching Singapore a bit like New York: If they can it make there, the entrepreneurs at the company figure, they […]
Read more »Cambodia to Divert Mekong Trade via China-Built Ccanal, Vexing Vietnam
March 12th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, a report on a planned Phnom Penh-coast link which is raising alarms amid regional influence tussle From his house on the banks of the Mekong River, an hour from Phnom Penh, Mao Sarin can watch ships laden with containers chug by on their way to Vietnam and the giant river delta. […]
Read more »Fierce Demand is Leading Companies to Look for Tech Talent in Smaller Markets Like Bucharest and Hanoi
February 25th, 2024
Courtesy of Quartz, a look at 20 “emerging markets” where companies are searching for tech talent: Despite more than 30,000 layoffs in the tech industry so far this year, some markets are actually seeing the demand for tech talent surpass supply, leading companies around the world to search for talent in smaller, “emerging markets,” according to a new report. […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Chip Shot: Dangling Incentives To Bolster Semiconductor Industry
February 13th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Vietnam’s efforts to attract foreign semiconductor investment: Vietnam has pledged tax breaks and other perks to semiconductor companies that help to develop the sector in a Southeast Asian country that is taking on an increasingly crucial role amid the China-U.S. chip war. Hanoi’s national plan for chips will include […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Tech Worker Chinatown
January 23rd, 2024
Via Rest of World, a look at how – as Chinese manufacturers open shop in Vietnam – Bac Ninh has become a cultural hub with Chinese restaurants, bubble tea shops, and language centers: Chinese tech manufacturers are flocking to Vietnam to set up new factories following disruptive Covid-19 lockdowns and ongoing U.S.-China tensions. The influx […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Lagging North-Central Region Sees Investment Boom
January 21st, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Vietnam’s lagging North-Central region which is currently experiencing an investment boom: Momentum for investment is finally building for Vietnam’s North-Central region, with key factors from global business support to domestic political backing falling into place in an area that has lagged in development until now. Quang Tri is an […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.