The Hanoitimes – The years of 2018 and 2019 have seen a new wave of Vietnam’s startups that raised US$50 million to $US100 million rounds for the first time. If this trend progresses, it is expected more Vietnamese companies would approach the US$0.5 billion and eventually US$1 billion valuation mark in the years to come. In […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA: Leading palm oil players in Indonesia see production growth being hit in the short to medium term, as the world’s top grower of the edible oil faces drought across major planting regions that is expected to delay fruit ripening and lower output. Drought has hit large parts of the archipelago as a mild […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The stable outlook for Vietnam`s banking system reflects the country`s robust economic performance, which will support asset quality and profitability. Vietnam’s banks have been cleaning up their balance sheets, supporting asset quality, and the systemwide problem loan ratio is expected to decline to 4.8% at the end of 2020 from 5.1% at the […]
Read MoreThe Department of Internal Trade (DIT) will proceed with its project to control the price of medicines at private hospitals now that it has received their price lists. Hospitals selling medicines above the median price set by the department will face fines and/or imprisonment. Also, since August 16, every hospital has been required to print […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Omnichannel logistics and channel management solutions firm UrbanFox is expanding to Vietnam and Malaysia with support from Enterprise Singapore, it said on Tuesday (Aug 20). UrbanFox – whose parent company is Keppel Logistics – worked with Keppel Land to establish online-to-offline (O2O) capabilities at Estella Place shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City, […]
Read MoreAn imbalance in the supply and demand of labor in some sectors poses a challenge for Laos in its efforts to tackle rising unemployment. “The government has acknowledged that there is a mismatch in the supply and demand of workers in some areas,” Vientiane Times reported on August 19. “This poses a challenge for the […]
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