Say what you want about Asian families not showing outright affection, when it comes to family vacation, Asian travellers take twice as many family trips as their Western peers. The Agoda Family Travel Trends 2018 survey found that over 34% travellers took more than five family trips in the past year. Asia dominates this multi-holiday trend with […]
Read MoreThe Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, has posed both opportunities and challenges to Asean. Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, speaks to Viet Nam News about the pressures of the ongoing technological and scientific revolution. CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THE REVOLUTION? WHY DO YOU CALL IT THE FOURTH […]
Read MoreVietnam’s acting minister of information and communications, Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, said today that Vietnam, as an emerging economy, would be able to take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution, even though the country missed the first three. “The future does not depend on the past in this new era. Developing countries have fewer facilities from […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government is building a global textile industry on the backs of Cambodian women working the sewing machines on the garment factory floor. However, they are often overworked and underpaid, and rarely ever promoted to supervisory positions. A study by Care International revealed that one in three Cambodian women working in the industry has […]
Read MoreINDEPENDENT e-payment players such as Grab and Go-Jek will be the biggest winners in the South-east Asian e-payment market, going by a latest Morgan Stanley report. This is followed by banks, consumers and telcos, said the report titled Disruption Decoded: Who will win in e-payments – banks, independents or telcos?. Banks will lose between US$13.1 […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: Asean has been urged to find ways for its member states to join hands together to cushion any possible fallout from the trade war between the United States and China. Making the call, International Trade and Industry Minister Darell Leiking said a trade war between the two global economic superpowers will affect everyone. “In […]
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