KUALA LUMPUR • Ageing Asia needs to put more women in the boardroom to maintain growth and competitiveness, a top recruiting agency said last Friday, as new figures showed 80 per cent of top jobs in key parts of the region are held by men. Men hold eight out of 10 senior roles in over […]
Read MoreHANOI – Vietnam will adopt multiple solutions to reach its target of US$200 billion in total export value for the year, a year-on-year increase of 13 per cent, officials said. The target, which would mark a new record, if successful, is based on the country’s success with exports over the first eight months of this […]
Read MoreMore than 300 French companies could be making their way to Cambodia seeking investments in the garment, textile, tourism and agriculture sectors, according to French NGO Fondation Prospective Innovation (FPI). Jean-Pierre Raffarin, France’s former prime minister who is now a senator and president of FPI, said on Thursday he acknowledged Cambodia’s rapid economic growth rate […]
Read MoreThe value of private investment has exceeded the average annual target set at US$2.4 billion a year during the period 2016-2020, a minister has said. Laos has attracted 120 investment projects with approved capital of U S$7.5 billion over one year and nine months starting on October 1, 2015, when implementation of the five-year national […]
Read MoreIn our previous article on Sept 18 we discussed telemedicine, what it means and how it has the potential to help solve many of the challenges confronting healthcare today. In Thailand, telemedicine in public hospitals has the potential to provide improved access to healthcare services for people living in remote areas where there are insufficient […]
Read MoreINTERNATIONAL payment service providers Visa and Master have launched a contactless payment system in collaboration with CB Bank. It aims to substitute the current cash payment system in Myanmar, U Zayar Aung, head of cards at CB Bank told The Myanmar Times. The service will allow users to make payments by just touching their debit cards […]
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