Vietnam
The supply chain’s newest favorite alternative to China, absorbing factories and foreign investment faster than its roads, ports, and power grid can keep up.
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May- 2026 -22 MayEarth
Strait of Hormuz disruption forces India, Indonesia to reverse clean energy goals
The Strait of Hormuz disruption is doing more than raising fuel prices across India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and the Philippines — it is pushing governments to reverse hard-won clean-energy commitments and…
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22 MayEarth
Hormuz crisis forces South Asian nations to reverse decarbonisation, risking higher emissions
Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is running at 5% of pre-war rates, causing widespread disruptions across South Asia and the Pacific. Bangladesh's fertiliser and garment factories are severely…
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22 MayCapital
Oil shock fractures Southeast Asia, hitting Philippines and Thailand hardest
A Middle East-driven oil price surge, with Brent crude between USD 88 and USD 94 per barrel since late April 2026, is fracturing Southeast Asia. Commodity exporters like Indonesia and…
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21 MaySociety
Vietnam’s youth unemployment hits 9% peak, exposing structural skills gap
Vietnam's youth unemployment rate climbed to 9.03% in Q3 2025 — the highest recorded since data collection began in 2014 — while overall unemployment across the working-age population held at…
