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John Boudreau retweeted
6 Apr 2022
"We put aside 70% of our rooms to serve Russian tourists."
Still hurting from pandemic lockdowns, vacation spots in Vietnam were counting on the big-spending visitors from Russia. That is, until the Ukraine invasion stalled travel, reports @ngxuanquynh trib.al/3brOq4X
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John Boudreau retweeted
23 Mar 2022
Filthy air: 46 of the 50 most polluted cities in the world are in Asia trib.al/n6qDF0l
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An omicron outbreak in China is sending jitters through supply chains as manufacturers and shippers brace for disruption inside virus-hit China trib.al/S13V2eR
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These are the best places to be during Covid:
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇪🇸 Spain
🇦🇪 UAE
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China's exporters are hiking prices by as much as 20% — and are not afraid of losing customers trib.al/nDgz8Vp
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If you're hoping for a light at the end of the Covid tunnel, scientists have some bad news for you.
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Ireland is now the best place to be during Covid. See where your country ranks in Bloomberg’s latest Covid Resilience Ranking. bloomberg.com/graphics/covid… via @bbgvisualdata
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NEW: Here's what scientists say the next six months of the pandemic will bring. If you're hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel, they've got some bad news.
Read The Big Take ➡️ trib.al/rQwD54p
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John Boudreau retweeted
24 Aug 2021
Made it to the airport. @VP takes a photo with her advance staff. Still waiting for the explanation for the delay.
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John Boudreau retweeted
24 Aug 2021
Update from Singapore: The @VP's departure has been delayed for an unknown reason. We were supposed to take off for Hanoi at 4pm local and after holding in the motorcade for 40 minutes, were told to go back to our hotel rooms we no longer had room keys to. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Why is delta especially problematic trib.al/ZOhM2aR
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John Boudreau retweeted
6 Apr 2021
“The new leaders will also have to carefully position Vietnam between the U.S. and China.”
Vietnam’s Communist Party nominated Pham Minh Chinh, an ex-security official to be the country’s next PM. @ngxuanquynh explains the new leadership. More: trib.al/LAxHzlC
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John Boudreau retweeted
8 Apr 2021
AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine has been marked by noble intentions, communication blunders, messy trials, manufacturing nightmares, and political and economic rivalry. How did everything go so wrong? trib.al/zeq1H1J
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30 Mar 2021
Vietnam’s economic growth below expectations in first quarter bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
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John Boudreau retweeted
24 Feb 2021
Fry’s Electronics says it is going out of business permanently
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Consumer electronics icon blames coronavirus and online shopping for its demise
#economy #jobs #retail #tech #layoffs #unemployment #FrysElectronics
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John Boudreau retweeted
26 Jan 2021
Vietnam, one of the world’s 5 remaining Communist states, is about to get new leadership.
Bloomberg’s Quynh Nguyen reports from the 13th Party Congress in Hanoi, the secretive meeting where the country’s next leaders are selected. More: trib.al/Tmh6GDJ
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Tran Dinh Long had no experience in steel when he decided to gatecrash the industry back in the mid-1990s, betting Vietnam was going to need a lot more of it as the country developed.
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John Boudreau retweeted
18 Dec 2020
VIDEO: Disney-themed Christmas lights dazzle in Taiwan.
Crowds are flocking to Taipei's annual Christmas Land lights festival.
Taiwan is one of the few places in the world that has not imposed lockdowns during the pandemic
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