John Boudreau

Vietnam bureau chief, Bloomberg News; formerly @mercnews Retweet ≠ endorsement.

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

"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 https://t.co/bITV7w7OSf

[Bloomberg Asia @BloombergAsia]

Filthy air: 46 of the 50 most polluted cities in the world are in Asia https://t.co/9YT5stZmEq

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

Happy returns are so last Christmas https://t.co/TJ0uDGUaxX

[Bloomberg @business]

An omicron outbreak in China is sending jitters through supply chains as manufacturers and shippers brace for disruption inside virus-hit China https://t.co/CmBPj4YlJp

[Bloomberg @business]

These are the best places to be during Covid:
🇮🇪 Ireland
🇪🇸 Spain
🇦🇪 UAE
https://t.co/uOq2yGaOUv

[Bloomberg @business]

China's exporters are hiking prices by as much as 20% — and are not afraid of losing customers https://t.co/OxodOuI2it

[Bloomberg @business]

If you're hoping for a light at the end of the Covid tunnel, scientists have some bad news for you.

[John Boudreau @svwriter]

Ireland is now the best place to be during Covid. See where your country ranks in Bloomberg��s latest Covid Resilience Ranking. https://t.co/4fTcUPglVd via @bbgvisualdata

[John Boudreau @svwriter]

@Vietnam’s economy shrank by the most on record in the third quarter as the country’s tough anti-virus policies shuttered factories and crimped output https://t.co/1acdE5aS9i via @markets

[Bloomberg @business]

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 ➡️ https://t.co/rL3Ai0wKlc

[Jenny Leonard @jendeben]

Made it to the airport. @VP takes a photo with her advance staff. Still waiting for the explanation for the delay.

[Jenny Leonard @jendeben]

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. https://t.co/cZhEacrzvA

[Bloomberg @business]

Why is delta especially problematic https://t.co/9r1Yhqj1Iq

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

“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: https://t.co/PjPMzfSVgp

[Bloomberg Asia @BloombergAsia]

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? https://t.co/wCmTveBXBY

[John Boudreau @svwriter]

Vietnam’s economic growth below expectations in first quarter https://t.co/nYRGphc5hc via @markets

[George Avalos reporter @georgeavalos]

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

https://t.co/hjisdSgd74

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

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: https://t.co/j3HsYyY6Fh

[giangbbg @giangbbg]

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 @svwriter]

Dog in Vietnam guards owner’s grave for three years https://t.co/LeeVXnq6ni via @SCMPNews