Nearly three in four (72 percent) of Myanmar consumers have expressed a clear interest in adopting contactless card payments, according to the Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Study. The study was conducted by ENGINE insights on behalf of Visa in August 2019 across Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Myanmar. The total sample size […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam is looking for cooperation with French companies in fields of renewable and green energies, hi-tech, agriculture, manufacturing and processing. With the enactment of the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), it is expected that more European businesses, French ones included, will be looking […]
Read MoreMyanmar, like many other countries, has shut down it’s the tourism industry since the emergence of the Covid-19 and is now planning to relaunch the industry for foreigners by allowing travelers from ASEAN and Asia in the fourth quarter this year, according to the Vice President U Henry Van Thio, who chairs National Committee for […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Prior to the passage of the PPP law, Vietnamese authorities had been struggling to attract private capital to the country’s burgeoning infrastructure sector. A new law on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) will present tailwinds to growth of Vietnam’s infrastructure sector, according to Fitch Solutions, a subsidiary of Fitch Group. On June 18, the Vietnamese […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine real estate market is among the top 10 improvers in Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL)’s Global Real Estate Transparency Index, driven by its push for sustainability. The country ranked 44th among 99 countries and 163 city regions included in the study, climbing a spot higher than its 45th ranking in 2018. […]
Read MoreBusiness sentiment picked up for the first time in 14 months in June, boosted by easing of the government’s lockdown measures. The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) reported on Thursday that business confidence inched up to 31.5 in June from 31.3 in May, following readings of 32.1 in April, 37.5 in March, 44.9 […]
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