HANOI – Telecommunications, IT and retail firms took the lead in terms of profitability last year on the list of Profit500 – the top 500 firms with the highest profits in Vietnam. The ranking, announced by Vietnam Report Company on Tuesday, revealed that the industries witnessed high profit growth despite accounting for a small number on the […]
Read MoreExports last month stumbled after four months of growth, as the upswing in the tech cycle – which had lasted far longer than expected – turned abruptly south. Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) fell 1.1 per cent last month over September last year, wrong footing economists, who had forecast a rise of 12.7 per cent. This […]
Read MoreThai consumers are less sceptical of the content they see and more accepting of brands online, says market research agency Kantar TNS. “Connected consumers in Thailand are far more trusting than consumers in other countries in the region when it comes to their online activities,” Kantar TNS said in its latest Connected Life report. Kantar […]
Read MoreThe electronics sector accounts for 20% to 50% of the total value of exports of most countries in Asia. High quantities of the world’s consumer electronics like televisions, radios, computers, and cellular phones come from the ASEAN region. More than 80% of the world’s hard drives are made in ASEAN. The ASEAN countries are: Brunei […]
Read MoreHCM CITY — Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up 90 per cent of businesses in Vietnam, should take advantage of new marketing tools like social media to have access to global value chains, experts said at a meeting held yesterday in HCM City. Speaking at the forum on SMEs, Mai Huynh, a representative of […]
Read MoreThe National Bank of Cambodia yesterday held its 13th liquidity-providing collateralised operation, making 40 billion riel ($9.89 million) available to financial institutions in an auction in which repurchase agreements, or repos, were signed for 2 billion riel ($500,000). Only one financial institution made a successful bid during the auction, receiving funds at an interest rate […]
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