Authorities are planning to sharpen the skills of 8,500 potential workers next year to serve 12 targeted S-curve industries in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) that are short on highly skilled labour in advanced technology. Thailand is struggling with a labour shortage as it adapts to digital disruptions, with the country unable to supply workers […]
Read MoreMore positive news has come for Cambodia’s nascent and struggling oil and gas exploration endeavours. PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Service Corp (PV Drilling)’s rig PV Drilling III will implement its contract to drill five new wells for Kris Energy in the Kingdom’s waters for three months, starting in October, vietnamplus.vn reports. Cambodia’s oil and gas […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s economy faces a “near-certain recession” in the third quarter this year, economists say, as a robust economic recovery will depend on whether the government can control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulate people’s purchasing power. The government will need to focus on controlling the coronavirus outbreak amid a rising number of coronavirus […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Favorable investor sentiment over the country’s sound macroeconomic fundamentals is expected to provide support to the peso, which appreciated to its strongest level in nearly four years, despite weaker inflows due to the pandemic, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. BSP Governor Benjamin Dioko said the local currency should continue to […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Transaction values via smartphones increased by 177% in the first half of 2020. Concerns over Covid-19 and mobility restrictions have prompted the use of cashless payments in Vietnam, according to local insiders and providers. Statistics from Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in terms of visitors in Vietnam, showed that the number of users […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S international arrivals more than tripled in July from the month before, driven by a month-on-month surge in visitors from South-east Asia and the Greater China region. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, roughly 6,840 visitors touched down in July, up from about 2,170 in June, according to fresh data from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Still, […]
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