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Vietnam: COVID-19 pushes businesses online

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have seen the benefits of trading online.  Dang Hoang Hai, director of the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency, talks about the issue. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many businesses online, including those in Vietnam. Is this a temporary reaction or a long-term trend? Due to COVID-19, firms have seen […]

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Cambodia: Facebook opening shops in Kingdom

Facebook announced it is launching Facebook Shops in Cambodia to make it easy for businesses to set up a single online store for customers to access on both Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram. Creating a Facebook Shop is said to be free and simple and businesses can choose the products they want to feature from […]

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Thailand: Domestic tourism gets triple booster

The cabinet on Tuesday approved in principle three stimulus packages worth 22.4 billion baht to reinvigorate domestic tourism hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said the packages proposed by the Tourism and Sports Ministry will run from July to October. Funding will come from the Finance Ministry’s 400-billion-baht Covid-19 economic […]

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Vietnam network sharing deal a positive for future telco collaborations

The Hanoitimes – In June 2020, Vietnam’s four state-owned mobile operators – Viettel, VNPT-Vinaphone, GMobile and MobiFone – agreed to share about 1,200 base transceiver stations (BTS). While a relatively new paradigm in Vietnam, it is expected that network sharing efforts would accelerate as the government seeks to streamline network deployments and slash capital spending, according […]

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Philippines: Vehicle sales recover in May

MANILA, Philippines — Car sales recovered in May after registering the lowest level in April as the government eased community quarantine restrictions. On a year-on-year basis, however, sales in May went down by 85 percent on weak demand for both passenger cars (PC) and commercial vehicles (CV). Data released yesterday showed that the combined sales […]

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