While Covid-19 may be among the most devastating of all black swan events to hit Southeast Asia, it by no means is the first — and like previous crises in the world, it is introducing long-lasting changes to consumer behaviour and digital adoption. Bain and Facebook have been studying the exponential growth of digital consumer […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Nine of the companies are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and six of large scale. The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has released a list of 30 Japanese firms that are poised to receive subsidies from its government to move production facilities from China to Southeast Asian countries, with half of the list […]
Read MoreLast year, Thailand was the third-largest foreign investor in Myanmar at $6.6 billion in 2018-2019 following Singapore then China. However, due to the unofficial border trade, this figure understates the value of the trade relationship. Thailand has the longest border with Myanmar at 2,416 km. Myanmar shares borders with four other countries: China, India, Bangladesh, […]
Read MoreThailand is turning to a less-travelled path to bypass supply-chain roadblocks and deliver perishables to China, its biggest customer in Asia. Most agricultural and food products have traditionally been delivered to China from Thai farms and warehouses by trucks going through either Vietnam or Laos. Ships and airplanes are also used, but the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Read MoreThe coffee business model in which only coffee is served is currently facing tough competition, but the concept of food plus coffee is surrender, said Tep Virak, general manager of Express Food Group (EFG), the operator of Coffee Club in Cambodia and former operator of Costa Coffee. In 2018, the UK-based Costa Coffee closed all […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The national government spent P512.96 billion from January to May to pay off its maturing domestic and external debt, according to the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). According to the latest report from the Treasury, total debt service from January to May jumped by 70 percent from P301.44 billion in the same […]
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