The Hanoitimes – High economic growth and improved business environment has helped Vietnam become the most attractive destination of Japanese investors in ASEAN. According to Keiichi Kadowaki, chairman of Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in ASEAN (FJCCIA), nearly 1,800 Japanese firms invested in Vietnam in the first half of the year, the highest among ASEAN […]
Read MoreThailand looks set to open six more service businesses to Asean members next year, as the private sector urges the government to come up with more open policies to cope with digital technology. According to Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Trade Negotiations Department, Asean members have been speeding up implementing the 10th package of commitments under the […]
Read MoreGROWTH in Asia and the Pacific’s developing economies for 2018 and 2019 will remain solid as growth continues apace across the region, despite rising tensions between the United States and some of its trading partners, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. In a supplement to its Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2018 report released […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE –Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing app operator, on Wednesday started a research laboratory for artificial intelligence here, aiming to better understand traffic patterns and offer faster ways to bring passengers to their destinations. The Singapore-based company, which is under increasing scrutiny from competition regulators for its dominant market position, will share the findings with […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – For South-east Asia’s biggest economies, 2018 wasn’t supposed to be like this. If a widening trade war wasn’t enough to contend with, a global wave of policy tightening, strong oil prices and domestic politics are also weighing on growth prospects for the region. Policy makers are rewriting economic strategies as volatility surges, […]
Read MoreAlmost half (47 per cent) of employees in Asia Pacific (APAC) see the rising digital economy as a threat to their jobs, according to a new report by Workday, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. In a study conducted by Workday and global market intelligence firm, IDC, titled ‘The Drive […]
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