The Hanoitimes – Foreign investors have participated strongly in Vietnam’s logistics industry through merger and acquisition (M&A) deals as the industry is projected to account for 8-10 percent of the nation’ GDP by 2025. Besides having a strategic position and a large domestic market, Vietnam’s logistics market is also considered as potential as the country has […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s economic growth pace in January-March fell slightly from the previous quarter, reflecting still-weak consumption and indicating the government may struggle to meet its 2018 growth target. The rupiah currency slipped to its weakest level since January 2016, at mid-afternoon trading at 13,980 to the dollar. The tepid growth rate could put the central […]
Read MoreMAS is collaborating with the EDB, IMDA and IBF to accelerate the adoption of AI in Singapore’s financial sector through: (1) developing AI products, (2) matching users and solution providers, and (3) strengthening AI capabilities. According to the latest press release, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is collaborating with the Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority […]
Read MoreYoung Malaysians are being left behind in the nation’s economic recovery, a key challenge for an incoming leader needing to push the country out of its middle-income trap. Amid a heated election battle, caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak can boast of having one of Asia’s lowest unemployment rates at 3.3% and an economy […]
Read MoreWith few job opportunities inside Myanmar, more citizens are going abroad to work, and over 63,000 workers left for Thailand in four months, according to the Labour Department. After memorandums of understanding had been signed, 60,461 workers went to Thailand in four months through Myawady, border town with Thailand. The number was 16,988 in January, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Provinces in the country’s central key economic region must promote the linkage and cooperation with each others, instead of competition as currently, to boost the growth of the whole region. The suggestion was made at a recent conference on linking the economic and industrial zones at the central key economic region, which was […]
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