Blog on Vietnamese economy

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:27:26 -0500

From: "Tuan Hoang" <thoang1@nd.edu>

To: "Vietnam Studies Group" <vsg@u.washington.edu>

Subject: [Vsg] Blog on Vietnamese economy

Into the mix of APEC-related links sent out this week, may I add

another: a businessman's blog with news

items every day, mostly on the economy.

http://chao-vietnam.blogspot.com/

I learned for the first time that Wal-Mart is currently eyeing Vietnam.

First time too that I heard the

country being called "little India," which made me chuckle.

http://chao-vietnam.blogspot.com/#116342895334501177

~Tuan

Nhu Miller <trantnhu@gmail.com>

date Nov 16, 2006 3:03 PM

subject Re: [Vsg] Blog on Vietnamese economy

I read this blog and wonder who is writing this. As a journalist,

it reads like a press release from a sophisticated PR firm. Some

of it was entertaining and informative, but much of it was straight

propaganda, as it were.

Do others have thoughts on this?

T.T.Nhu

Romi <wearevn@yahoo.co.uk>

date Nov 16, 2006 7:50 PM

subject Re: [Vsg] Blog on Vietnamese economy

Hi,

Doesn't it show that it's the blog of Mike Weston, President of the Wes-Bao Corporation (an Import/Export Agricultural Commodity Trading Company)? Most of the updates are taken from different sources such as VNA, CNN, Reuteurs, AFP... I think he just missed the sources in several pieces of news.

Cheers,

Romi

Roy Hornsby <royby@royby.com>

date Nov 17, 2006 3:18 PM

subject Re: [Vsg] Blog on Vietnamese economy

One look at the title of the site should give you an indication on this question. It reads:

"Chao-Vietnam - NYT > International - BBC News | Asia-Pacific |"

so much, if not all seems to be collected from these sources

cheers

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