TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia is targeting to produce four million tons of nickel by 2020. This volume will allow Indonesia to become a world supplier to contribute 10 percent to the 40 million tons global demand per year. The Industry Ministry’s director general of metal, machinery, transportation and electronics industry I Gusti Putu Suryawirawan said in […]
Read MoreLaos’ government has announced that some new development projects planned for this year could be postponed until next year if Laos faces a revenue shortfall in 2017. The government is also committed to tightening budget expenditure by trimming its administrative budget and, if they are considered to be non-essential, the government might not approve new […]
Read MoreValue creation, development of IT professionals and software developers and updated laws are necessary components for the development of Thailand 4.0, say IT experts. “The development of Thailand 4.0 does not just involve the IT industry. It’s related to every business and social stakeholder,” Manoo Ordeedolchest, an IT industry guru, recently said at a seminar […]
Read MoreThe effects of previous industrial revolutions have been well documented. If we go back to the very first one, manufacturing moved from homes to the newly created factories. With the shift, some skills were carried over but most had to be adapted to new working conditions. The second and third revolutions saw a similar shift. […]
Read MoreVietnam exported 16.7 billion USD worth of goods in April, raising the total export turnover in four months to 61.3 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 15.4 percent, according to the General Statistics Office. Since the beginning of this year, the export turnover of the domestic economic sector – the main driving force for the […]
Read MoreExport volume has fallen on higher prices and thinning demand. Vietnam’s coffee exports fell to 134,800 tons in April, the lowest level in five months, the country’s customs office reported. Shipments last month from Vietnam, the world’s largest robusta producer and exporter, fell 28.3 percent from the same month in 2016, the Finance Ministry-run Vietnam […]
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