Your Week in Asia

Welcome too Your Week in Asia.

When Chinese troops marched along Chang’an Avenue in Beijing in 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, it was a powerful statement of China‘s growing geopolitical confidence and military power.A decade on, the “Victory Day” parade this week carries similar overtones, but this time amid a unique diplomatic window opened up by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs.

In Southeast Asia, key data will be released, offering an insight into the strength of the Vietnamese and Philippine economies amid major trade shifts.

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MONDAY

Data: Kazakhstan inflation

TUESDAY

Vietnam independence anniversary

Vietnam holds a military and police force parade to celebrate 80 years as the establishment of the democratic Republic of Vietnam, the predecessor to the current Socialist Republic of Vietnam. On this day in 1945, the contry’s communist leader Ho Chi Minh declared the country’s independence from France, even though the French continued to occupy parts of the country until 1954.

BOJ deputy governor speech