Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaeman was reluctant to comment on an open debate involving government officials on importing rice, but added that the issue was an old paradigm. “It is an old paradigm. Don’t use old paradigms,” Amran said in West Bandung regency, West Java when opening a horticultural event on Thursday, but declined to […]
Read MoreThe value of big data analytics business in Thailand this year is estimated at 13.6 billion baht, a 15% increase from 11.8 billion last year as more sectors spend on systems and related services. The top three business sectors for big data analytics spending are finance and insurance, communications and logistics, and manufacturing. The country’s first […]
Read MoreBEGUN, the trade war has. And the wall of tariffs dividing the US and China could stretch well beyond 2019, pundits say, making bargain hunting in affected Singapore stocks a difficult proposition. Credit Suisse’s private banking research head for South-east Asia Kum Soek Ching told The Business Times: “Anyone going into the Singapore market now […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – IFC`s 8% stake in VietinBank is now valued at nearly US$350 million. The International Finance Corp., the private investment arm of the World Bank Group, is seeking a buyer for its entire stake in state-controlled Vietnam JS Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade, known as VietinBank, after seven years since its investment in […]
Read MoreCambodia has emerged as one of the four recent economic outperformers in the Southeast Asian region, according to analyst firm McKinsey & Company in a report published on Wednesday. McKinsey, an American worldwide management consulting firm, said some of the emerging economies have grown much faster and more consistently than others. It listed Cambodia as […]
Read MoreHospitality group Centara Hotels & Resorts has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Asia Investment Development & Construction Sole Co (AIDC) to manage three hotels in Laos. AIDC is an established investment and construction company in Laos. The three hotels in Laos have a combined 214 room keys in Vientiane and Luang Prabang. Suthikiati Chirathivat, […]
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