Insight Asia, Recent Posts The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) On November 15, 2020, Asia-Pacific countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand signed the worlds biggest trade agreement the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). After 8 years in the making, the agreement aims is to make… Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam Chris Runckels Presentation at the Webinar co-hosted by Shanghai AmCham and Becamex Click below for Chris Runckels Presentation on YouTube: For more information, go to AmCham Shanghai at ; Read more... education, Recent Posts, Vietnam Hanoi University Students Receive Scholarships HANU In the morning of September 26, 2019, Hanoi University held a Christopher and Soraya Runckel scholarship ceremony  for students with excellent academic achievements. Vice Rector Nguyen Thi Cuc Phuong and the leading teachers of the School of Business… Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam The First U.S. Diplomat in Vietnam After 1975: An Impressive 25-year Journey 7/14/2020, VOA Vietnam Translated from: VOA news Chris Runckel, the first US diplomat to Vietnam, told VOA that the 25-year diplomatic relationship between the two former enemies was very impressive and commendable. From the beginning with many suspicions and doubts,… Insight Asia, Vietnam Longer stay in Vietnam: Finding a good newspaper or website to keep you up to date I travel often in the SE Asia region and even when not traveling daily read multiple national and regional newspapers, website and story aggregators to keep up to date on the region. I not only read the larger more obvious… Insight Asia, Vietnam New Airport in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, Set to Open in Spring of 2018 Vietnam government authorities have announced that an international airport near Ha Long Bay will open in March 2018 according to the officials and reports of Ha Noi Moi Newspaper. The airport will be the first private airport facility in Vietnam.… Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam Visiting Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam Provincial leaders headed by People’s Committee Chairman of the People’s Committee Ho Quoc Dung and Standing Vice Chairman Phan Cao Thang and leaders of relevant departments and localities on July 19 met in Binh Dinh… Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam Quang Tri Province, Vietnam Quang Tri Province, Vietnam Becamex Deputy CEO Pham Ngoc Thuan and an international group of marketing and investment professionals from the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Greater China and Thailand visited Dong Ho City in Quang Tri Province in… Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam Tra Vinh Province in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam On Monday, July 24, 2017 Becamex Deputy CEO Pham Ngoc Thuan led a large delegation of international marketing specialists from the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, Greater China and Thailand to meet with province authorities headed by Chairman of the… education, Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam Portland and Binh Duong Exchange Visits In early 2016, a delegation from Binh Duong province in Vietnam led by Becamex Deputy CEO Pham Ngoc Thuan has yearly visited Portland, Oregon to promote economic, educational and cultural cooperation.  The delegation gave a briefing on province and Vietnam… education, Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam Student Recruitment in Vietnam In June, 2017 Runckel Associates President, Chris Runckel, spoke at the ICEF, the International Consultants for Education and Fairs Asia Pacific meeting of International educators and student recruitment professionals in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This was the largest… education, Insight Asia, Recent Posts, Vietnam Meet the Expert Meet the Expert Christopher Runckel, on Education - An interview  in City Pass Guide's #iAMHCMC Gazette in HCMC, Vietnam, by Keely Burkey As the first US diplomat sent to Vietnam after the American War, Christopher Runckel has developed insights…