MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine manufacturing sector was among the top performers in the ASEAN region in August, according to the results of the Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). IHS Markit, the firm that collates data for the PMI, reported that the ASEAN PMI rose to 51.0 in August from 50.4 posted in […]
Read MoreRAZER Pay, the e-payment platform by Singaporean-founded gaming company Razer, will launch in Singapore by the first quarter of 2019, nearly half a year after it was rolled out in Malaysia. In a Facebook post on Friday, Razer founder and chief Tan Min-Liang said that Razer had a year ago committed – in an e-payment […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam`s retail e-commerce sale is expected to reach US$10 billion by 2020, which is considered a “promising land” for foreign investors, especially those from China, Zing reported. The presence of foreign players in Vietnam’s e-commerce market, including Alibaba, Tencent, JD, heats up competition to gain market share. Vietnam’s retail e-commerce sale is expected […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased marginally by 2.6 per cent in July 2018 over the same month last year supported by an increase in the manufacturing and electricity indices, the Statistics Department says. In a statement, Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the manufacturing sector output increased 5.2 per […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Economists now expect the full year inflation breaching five percent after racing above six percent for the first time in more than nine years to 6.4 percent in August amid elevated oil and food prices. Noelan Arbis, economist at HSBC, said in a recent research note inflation may rise to an average […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Foreign investors are keen on Vietnam’s healthcare industry as they seek to tap into local patients’ spending on high-quality private healthcare services that have posted high growth in recent years. VinaCapital’s flagship fund VOF has recently announced that it will invest US$25 million in private hospital operator Tam Tri Medical Joint Stock Company. […]
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