Microsoft, Google and other major technology companies have promised to help provide training in digital skills for around 20 million people in Southeast Asia by 2020 to make sure the region’s burgeoning working-age population is a fit for the future job market. Up to 28 million full-time jobs are subject to being displaced, according to […]
Read MoreAn amended law governing asset management companies will allow these firms to acquire bad assets for credit cards and personal loans from non-bank financial institutions, says a source at the Finance Ministry who requested anonymity. The amended legislation will widen the business scope of asset management companies to purchase and transfer bad credit cards and personal […]
Read MoreNational Assembly deputies at a discussion on the draft amendment of the law on tax administration said tax collection from technology-based business operations such as ride-hailing service and online sale is tough due to the lack of regulations governing these new types of business, Dan Tri news site reported. Speaking at the discussion, deputy Huynh […]
Read MoreThe Thai retailing giant is to invest about $ 10 million in the construction of the Big C supermarket in Poipet. Domestic investors, Sok Heang, said by telephone on Monday that the mall will start construction next December, although the company has not received a royal license from the Cambodian government. “As far as I have […]
Read MoreWhile haze-filled images from India and China often dominate media coverage, pollution increasingly takes its toll across much of Asia, including Southeast Asia and even in Singapore – the site of this year’s Asean Summit. But there is also hope and opportunity as evolving Asian consumer behaviour encourages the transition away from “development at any […]
Read MorePORT MORESBY – Leadership from a regional forum of Asia-Pacific economies is needed more than ever given mounting pressures against multilateralism and free trade, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. “We can set the global direction and encourage others to follow our example of working together, rather than of going it alone,” he added. Mr […]
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