Heineken Myanmar is raising its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts as it commits to running a long term, sustainable brewing business in the country. Last year, the Dutch brewer reduced its carbon emissions by 17 percent per hectoliter of beer produced compared to the year before. It also reduced the volume of water used to […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Investment capital into innovative start-ups in Vietnam has remained limited compared to the region and the world though the value has increased in recent years, experts said. According to a Topica Founder Institute report, US$291 million was poured into Vietnamese start-ups last year, a year-on-year increase of 42 per cent. Meanwhile, the Southeast […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Deputy Transport Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong has pledged to create the most favorable conditions for calling international investment capital in the eastern North-South expressway. Dong said during a recent seminar co-hosted by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) and the World Bank to acquire experts’ experience in public-private partnership (PPP) investment model before launching […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s FDI attraction strategy in the next decade will shift from profit-based incentives to efficiency-based incentives in a move to maximize the spillover effects and added value of the investment source. It was drafted in the country’s new-generation FDI attraction strategy for 2018-2030, which was compiled by Ministry of Planning and Investment with […]
Read MoreMYANMAR’S hopes of becoming Asia’s last frontier market would be realised only if the government could create a clear and transparent regulatory environment for attracting investment and financing the economy, according to Patrick Cooke, regional editor for Asia at Oxford Business Group (OBG), a global research and consultancy firm. “It is imperative that the government […]
Read MoreElectronic visa (E-visa) services are set to be offered at the end of this year or early next year in a move to attract more foreign tourists to take vacations in Laos. Authorities in charge are accelerating procedures and related works preparing for the launch of the online E-visa service, a senior official of the […]
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