ASEAN

August 25, 2020

AirAsia.com to be Asean’s fastest growing travel platform

Evolving from a ticketing platform for AirAsia flights, AirAsia.com is now growing to become a leading one-stop travel and lifestyle e-commerce platform in Asean, offering products from flights, hotels, travel activities, shopping and more. Amidst challenging operating conditions, AirAsia.com has charted significant growth through diversification and digital innovation. AirAsia.com chief executive officer Karen Chan shares her views […]

August 25, 2020

Lancang-Mekong growth engine plan

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) leaders to speed up the realisation of the Mekong-Lancang Economic Development Belt (ML-EDB) as a new engine of growth for the Mekong-Lancang sub-region. The LMC, initiated by China in 2014, consists of six countries, namely China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Five Mekong River […]

August 14, 2020

Pandemic delivers first crisis lessons to South-east Asia’s Grab

[SINGAPORE] In the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, Anthony Tan, the chief executive officer of South-east Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm, recalls how he mistook the infection to be a China-only problem, similar to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003. As Covid-19 turned into a pandemic, sending markets into a tailspin, the 38-year-old sought […]

August 11, 2020

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New Opportunities in EU-Vietnam Trade; New Opportunities for ASEAN

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), negotiated between the European Union and Vietnam to boost trade and investment between the two regions, is a significant economic milestone for Vietnam. Having come into effect on August 1 this year, the trade agreement will make substantial cuts to tariffs between the two trading partners, and will ultimately eliminate 99 per […]

August 10, 2020

First-ever ASEAN Online Sale Day kicks off

The first-ever ASEAN Online Sale Day (AOSD) was launched on Saturday at aseanonlinesaleday.com, gathering some 150 regional firms who offer goods and services at promotional prices. Initiated by Vietnam as Chair of ASEAN in 2020, the event marks the founding anniversary of the bloc (August 8) and aims to promote cross-border e-commerce within the grouping, […]

August 5, 2020

Online trade solution program for ASEAN businesses sees few takers

An online platform to help business players resolve cross-border trade issues in the Southeast Asia region has been met with a cold shoulder by the region’s economic community, a European Union (EU)-backed facility has shown. In support of the ASEAN regional integration, the EU has helped establish the trade solution platform, dubbed the ASEAN Solutions […]

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