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Vietnam a new promised land for retail franchisers

The Hanoitimes – More international franchises want to penetrate the market to capitalize on the fast-growing demand in food and beverage, retail, and various services. Foreign franchisers are eyeing the Vietnamese convenient store market, expecting significantly from the new profitable business model. According to Yun Ju Young, managing director of GS25 Vietnam, besides South Korea, other […]

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Myanmar woos Thai investors in Bangkok

Myanmar is participating in regional connectivity initiatives in efforts to improve bilateral ties with its neighbours and promote investment and trade. Myanmar has implemented a number of significant reforms in the economic, political and social spheres aimed at creating new opportunities for investors, which includes those from Thailand, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi […]

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Singapore unveils intellectual property initiatives to support Asean Industry 4.0

THE Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has announced a series of initiatives to support Asean’s Industry 4.0 development. This will see the signing of six memoranda of understanding (MOU) and partnership agreements with various stakeholders to further Singapore’s networks with global innovation communities, the government agency said on Wednesday. In a collective effort to […]

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Thailand: New role for trade officials

Commercial affairs officials in overseas offices have been told to adjust the way they work to function more as honorary salesmen in cooperation with the private sector to help tackle export obstacles to drive shipment growth this year. Speaking at a dinner talk on the “Thai Economic Strategy Under the New Government” organised by the […]

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Thailand: BoT credits measures as hot-money inflows ease

Measures recently launched by the Bank of Thailand to stem speculative capital inflows have reduced hot money in the system, says a senior central bank official. After the central bank applied the measures to curb such inflows in July, foreign investors allocated their portfolio assets more cautiously for fear that policymakers would impose additional measures, […]

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