06.08.10 Vietnam Focus August issue: Table of contents

ASEAN Flags

SPOTLIGHT
> ASEAN galvanised on South China Sea dispute as United States steps up: Chinese irritation; The significance of the sea; ASEAN/Vietnamese triumph

POLITICS & SOCIETY
> Party preparations for forthcoming Party Congress in 2011
> Table 1: Vietnamese Politburo, 2010
> Provincial scandals and riots: Expulsion over prostitutes; Traffic police corruption; Dodgy degrees; Manh's son promoted
> It's no game: More monitoring and control

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
> ASEAN meeting highlights: Human rights, again; North Korean problem; Myanmar pouts

ECONOMY & ENERGY
> Fitch negative on Vietnam: Growth versus inflation; Trade balance worsens; Foreign reserves drop; Dong devaluation
> External financing: The Ministry of Finance announces that out of VND500 billion in dong bonds offered only VND2 billion taken up
> Barclays bullish over Vietnam's economy: The FDI picture
> PetroVietnam holds Congress: Venezuelan venture
> Salamander slips again, abandoning drilling in Tom Hum Xanh-1X exploration well
> Table 2: PetroVietnam exploration
> New energy plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung
> Scapegoat arrested for mismanagement and false accounting

GREATER MEKONG
> First Khmer Rouge conviction of Kaing Guek Eav: Reconciliation, perhaps; Trial in trouble
> The rise of the Khmer left: The rise of Pol Pot; Turning on friends
> Preah Vihear tensions over Cambodia/Thailand border
> Table 3: Map of China