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Indonesia: Media companies ask for government relief package

The Association of Media Companies and Profession said Thursday that media companies might need a relief package to help with paper procurement and utility bills to survive the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. The association, representing 12 member organizations including the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) and the Press Council, called for the government to subsidize 20 […]

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Covid-19 highlights Vietnam’s omni channel shopping trend

The Hanoitimes – Local retailers in FMCG should rethink their channel strategy as Covid-19 impacted the way Vietnamese consumers shopping. All channels in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) have been achieving double-digit growth, which has never seen over the past seven years in Vietnam. It implies that the omni-channel shopping trend in Vietnam is further strengthened during […]

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Thai-Cambodian talks on disputed oil fields expected to resume

PHNOM PENH: Negotiations on oil and gas development in the long-contested overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand between Cambodia and Thailand will resume soon after the viral pandemic ends, according to a Cambodian Ministry of Mines and Energy official. Cheap Sour, the director-general of the General Department of Petroleum, said the countries had not  […]

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Indonesia: Companies still hiring now looking ahead to post-epidemic recovery: Mekari survey

While most businesses have been forced to downsize and have halted recruiting new staff, a recent survey has found that some companies are continuing to hire new employees as part of their strategy for faster recovery after the health crisis ends. A recently published month-long survey by Mekari, a human resource and financial solutions start-up, shows that most Indonesian companies have either frozen or reduced hiring […]

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Cambodia: Blockchain system will reduce dependence on the ‘greenback’

Cambodian’s will soon be able to make near-instant payments via a new blockchain payment platform being launched under a system called Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) that will “ultimately undermine the popularity of the US dollar”, according to the Kingdom’s central bank director. Speaking at the virtual “Consensus Distributed” event held this week Chea Serey, director […]

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