HANOI • Trade war or not, Vietnam's patchwork of free trade agreements, liberalisation and already close trading relationship with both China and the United States ensures that, for now at least, the country of 96 million people probably wins, whether relations between Beijing and Washington thaw or remain in deep freeze.
"I have an optimistic view that Vietnam's foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows will continue to increase in the future," said Dr Lam Thanh Ha, senior lecturer in economics at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.
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