RISE Academy, a two-year-old corporate innovation accelerator, is aiming high and expects to contribute 1 per cent to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020. The academy is an umbrella with two key facets – the RISE Accelerator and RISE Innovation Week. The RISE Accelerator has been in place for two years, helping build […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Double digit growth in revenue has made Vietnam’s retail sit atop the list of sectors with the highest number of newly-established enterprises to date this year. According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), the country’s total revenue from retail sales and services in the first five months of this year maintained a high […]
Read MoreAt the Yangon Investment Forum on Wednesday, Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein announced the five sectors his government intends to prioritise and in which Yangon welcomes foreign investments. U Phyo Min Thein said the trade, logistics, industry, public transport and energy sectors would be prioritised, adding that the Yangon deep sea port, development […]
Read MoreThe Downstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) has estimated that fuel consumption will increase by 20 percent during the fasting month of Ramadhan and the Idul Fitri holiday. BPH Migas committee member M. Ibnu Fajar said the agency together with the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry and state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina would increase the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Uncertainties in the labor sector brought about by the issue of contractualization have caused significant harm to the country’s exports which contracted for the second consecutive month in March after more than a year of expansion. Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., president of the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. and vice chair of the public-private […]
Read MoreTHE MONETARY Policy Committee, in its meeting on May16, is expected to maintain the policy rate at 1.5 per cent as the country’s economic growth continues with inflation under control, analysts said. Bank of Ayudhya’s executive vice president Somprawin Manprasert said that the bank believes the Monetary Policy Committee will maintain the policy rate at […]
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