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Vietnamese people set to have QR code by 2025

Vietnam aims to create a breakthrough in its ranking and join the top 50 countries in terms of open data and e-participation. Every Vietnamese is set to have their own digital identification stored in a QR code and a smartphone by 2025. The move was revealed in a national strategy to establish e-government and eventually […]

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Thailand: Tour operators on edge over jab wait

Tourism operators have voiced concerns over delays in vaccinations as this might derail the goal of reopening within 120 days, promised on Wednesday by the prime minister. The virus is mutating and many countries with a good record of controlling it such as Vietnam and Taiwan have faced fresh outbreaks, said Sisdivachr Cheewarattanaporn, president of […]

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Thailand up one spot in world competitiveness

Thailand has climbed one spot to 28th in the 2021 world competitiveness rankings conducted by the Institute for Management Development (IMD), supported by improvements in employment and public finances. However, its neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia saw bigger increases. The former rose two places to 25th while the latter advanced three spots to 37th. IMD, a […]

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Thailand: Product launches set to pick up

Manufacturers of fast-moving consumer goods are ramping up marketing and advertising campaigns as they feel optimistic that the 800-900 billion baht industry will start recovering in the third quarter of this year, boosted by vaccine rollouts across the country. “By the end of this month, we expect to see a significant rise in ad spend […]

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