The Hanoitimes – Vietnam is in need to secure new technologies and achieve innovation for manufacturing, particularly in reinforcing R&D competence of companies and adopt new technologies, said a South Korean expert. The private sector should be considered a key actor to lead the Fourth Industry Revolution in Vietnam, according to Chang-whan Ma, vice president of […]
Read MoreBENGALURU: Investors turned more bearish on some Asian currencies and trimmed long bets on others over the past two weeks, a Reuters poll showed, as caution prevailed over prospective further dovish approach by key global central banks and their Asian counterparts. Investors, however, turned bullish on the Malaysian ringgit for the first time since mid-April. […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s is preparing a roadmap to expand the downstream industry forpalm oil by 2024 to absorb potential oversupply of the vegetable oil, a senior official at the country’s Ministry of Industry said on Thursday. The Indonesia palm oil association (GAPKI) estimates output of palm and palm kernel oilfrom the world’s top exporter will rise […]
Read MoreConsumer prices edged up in July, largely driven by fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh food, pork, milled rice and milled glutinous rice. According to the Commerce Ministry’s report, the consumer price index (CPI), which gauges headline inflation, rose by 0.98% last month from July 2018, up from a 0.87% year-on-year rise in June, 1.15% in […]
Read MoreThailand’s largest convenience-store operator CP All Plc released a report to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on Monday on its negotiations for a Master Franchise agreement in relation to the establishment and operation of 7-Eleven stores in Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The company said the contractual parties are in the process […]
Read MorePUTRAJAYA: The macroeconomic challenges faced by Malaysia are expected to continue, but the World Bank has reaffirmed its confidence that Malaysia’s aspiration to become a high-income nation by 2024 remains possible, as long as the country’s gross national income (GNI) per capita continues to grow at a range of 4% to 4.5%. The Washington-based World […]
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