How China’s zero-Covid policy triggered a new wave of investor interest in Vietnam


Vietnam has been seen as one of the major beneficiaries of the US-China trade war, with firms seeking alternative locations for their factories to avoid costly tariffs.

Post reporter Erika Na recently travelled to Vietnam, and her three-part series looks at how the South-East Asian country has fared over the last four years. In part one, she looks at the new wave of foreign investor interest.

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