In a landmark event marking the 100th anniversary of Nha Trang city, renowned as one of the most picturesque bays globally, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the Boston Global Forum, unveiled plans for the AIWS Angel House. This announcement took place on March 18th during...
Minh Nguyen is the Editor of the Boston Global Forum and a Shinzo Abe Initiative Fellow. She writes the Four Pillars column in the BGF...
Name Title 1 Ali E. Adiguze President and COO, HeidelbergCement Trading Group, Turkey 2 Henrik G. Andersin Chairman Evli Bank PLC, Finland 3 Kalpona Akter Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity 4 Nazmar Akter General Secretary &...
Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter and editor for The New York Times, Emmy Award-winning producer for PBS’ show Frontline and author of five best-selling books, Hedrick Smith, explains what happened to America’s economy after WWII in his book Who Stole the...
With all eyes on Bangladesh, it's worthwhile to take a look at safety standards in garment factories in other countries. An International Labor Organization report discloses a disappointing decline in worker safety in Cambodia. Fire safety standards in Cambodian...
In yet another testimony to how the garment industry in Bangladesh is evading reform, Emran Hossain, writing for the Huffington Post, states that the reforms made by the Bangladesh government targeted at the garment industry "barely improve safeguards for impoverished...
In a story ‘Wal-Mart, Gap, Others Agree to Boost Worker Safety in Bangladesh’ published on July 10, 2013, by William Mauldin from Dow Jones, reflects the efforts by Wal-Mart and other leading American retailers to bolster worker safety efforts in Bangladesh, although...
Wish for a peaceful world and a developed US during President Obama’s second term was the main content of a talk between the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Administration and former US President candidate Michael Dukakis in Hanoi on April 9. Prof....