Arno Maierbrugger
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Thais spent nearly 59 billion hours glued to their smartphones in 2020
No more talking...
Thais have spent 58.8 billion hours using smartphones in 2020, which means that any of...
Vietnam’s VinFast plans to set up electric vehicle plant in the US
VinFast plant in Haiphong, Vietnam
Vietnam’s car manufacturer VinFast has plans to set up a car factory in...
Bankrupt Thai Airways seeks fresh cash injection of $1.65 billion
Thailand’s struggling national carrier Thai Airways is seeking a capital infusion of as much as 50 billion...
Grab sets up drive-through vaccination spots across Indonesia
Singapore-headquartered ride-hailing and e-commerce company Grab through its Indonesian branch is setting up drive-through vaccination spots across...
Foreign investors re-routing capital from Myanmar to Vietnam, Cambodia
Those foreign investors which have been confident until recently of a bright economic future of a young...
Microsoft invests in cloud data center in Indonesia
US software giant Microsoft in a February 25 news release announced that it will set up a...
Thai Airways’ losses soar more than 1,000% in 2020, delisting on the cards
Game over for Thai Airways?
Thai Airways in a sparse filing to the Thai stock exchange on February...
Vietnam’s smartphone exports reach more than $51 billion in 2020
Vietnam, a major assembler of smartphones for global brands, has reached an export value of phones and...
Philippines wants to trade nurses against free Covid-19 vaccines
The number of Outbound Filipino nurses has been capped to 5,000 a year
The Philippine government has proposed...
Vietnam sets up super-cold Covid-19 vaccine storage facilities, first in the region
In a first for Southeast Asia, Vietnam has set up three super-cold storage warehouses to store Covid-19...
Lao economy kept together by 94% microbusinesses: survey
Snapshot from a business fair for small and micro enterprises in Vientiane, Laos in 2020
The economy of...
Malaysia plans to spend almost $4 billion for 5G network rollout
Malaysians can expect much faster mobile Internet connections in the coming years as the government is injecting...
Singapore’s street food vendors rapidly adopt digital payments
Singapore's hawkers go digital
More than half of Singapore’s hawker stalls now offer e-payments, with transactions in January...
AirAsia to launch food delivery service in Singapore
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes in his side job as food delivery man
Malaysia-headquartered budget airline AirAsia, looking...
Cambodia sets up Chinese-style Great Internet Wall
The Cambodian government on February 17 has announced plans to create a state-controlled “national Internet gateway” through...
Cambodia to manufacture electric auto rickshaws
Onion Mobility's electric tuk tuk
Cambodia is set to enter the vehicle manufacturing industry with locally produced electric...
Malaysian whisky bags awards on the global stage
Malaysia is known for many things, namely for being the world’s largest rubber producer, for endless palm...
Vietnam’s youth “optimistic” about next 15 years – study
Vietnam’s youth is confident and optimistic about the direction their country is going in terms of economic...
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Thais spent nearly 59 billion hours glued to their smartphones in 2020
No more talking...
Thais have spent 58.8 billion hours using smartphones in 2020, which means that any of...
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Foreign investors re-routing capital from Myanmar to Vietnam, Cambodia
Those foreign investors which have been confident until recently of a bright economic future of a young...