China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam are planning to build more than 600 coal plants, equivalent to around the entire electricity generating capacity of Japan.

Five Asian countries are responsible for 80 percent of new coal power stations planned worldwide, with the projects threatening goals to fight the climate crisis, a report warned Wednesday. China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam are planning to build more …

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Vietnam stock market world’s worst performing in Q2 2018, and worst performance since 2008

The article cites several reasons and none of them seem likely to go away in the short term. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/from-the-best-to-the-worst-torrid-q2-for-vietnam-stock-market-3771969.html Global tensions and investors selling stocks have seen Vietnamese exchanges swing from one extreme to the other. Vietnam’s stock market plunged …

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