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Vietnam seeks to welcome up to 20 million tourists by 2020
One of Vietnam's many tourist attractions: The Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An © Arno Maierbrugger
Vietnam is...
Bangkok now among 50 most expensive cities for expats globally
Bangkok can now claim the dubious honour to be ranked among the 50 most expensive cities for...
Forest fires cost Indonesia more than $5billion in losses this year
Indonesia suffered damages and economic loss from this year’s forest fires of at least $5.2 billion, the...
Vietnam’s VinFast wants to become international car brand
Vietnamese auto startup VinFast, part of industrial conglomerate VinGroup of Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, plans to...
How SoftBank could have created real economic value
Navonil Roy
The SoftBank playbook for its Vision Fund has been mainly focused on investments in digital service...
Myanmar’s textile industry gets boost from EU project
A new phase of the European Union’s SMART Myanmar project, called SMART Textiles & Garments, will bring...
Malaysia’s real estate industry positive about lower threshold for foreign buyers
The real estate industry in Malaysia views positively the government's recent announcement to temporarily reduce the minimum...
Old guard keeps leading Indonesia’s richest list
Indonesia’s old-guard business tycoons remain the richest people in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, the new list of...
Indonesia to spend $40 billion for Jakarta metro extension
The Indonesian government intends to spend no less than $40 billion to extend Jakarta’s metro network by...
Thailand slips in expat country ranking, Vietnam surges
In a surprise development, this year’s Expat Insider 2019 report, which ranks the best and worst places...
Vietnam sees steady growth in foreign direct investment
Foreign direct investments (FDI) in Vietnam inched up by
three per cent during the first 11 months of...
Chinese investors driving force for Malaysian residential property market, report says
Despite some reservations about the scale of foreign property investment in Malaysia, much of which is from...
Thai beer giant readies for $3-billion Singapore IPO
Thailand’s largest brewery Thai Beverage (ThaiBev), owned by
the country’s fourth-richest man, billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, is
reportedly preparing to...
Vietnam closes up to Singapore in fintech startup funding
Vietnamese financial technology startups are quickly
catching up to Singapore in attracting Southeast Asian venture capital funding,
with Indonesia...
Hyundai to build first factory in Southeast Asia
South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai Motor has signed a preliminary deal to build a new factory in...
Singapore to turn waste into construction material
Singapore has launched a trial of turning municipal solid waste into construction material for footpaths and roads,...
Vietnam’s most profitable companies named
Hanoi-based business advisory and market research firm Vietnam Report has released its latest Vietnam Profit 500 list,...
Japanese automaker bulk up investment in Indonesia
A number of Japanese automakers have plans to extend their investments in Indonesia, which should help the...
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Vietnam seeks to welcome up to 20 million tourists by 2020
One of Vietnam's many tourist attractions: The Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An © Arno Maierbrugger
Vietnam is...
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Malaysia’s real estate industry positive about lower threshold for foreign buyers
The real estate industry in Malaysia views positively the government's recent announcement to temporarily reduce the minimum...