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Vietnam to sell stake in state-owned military bank
The Vietnamese government is planning to divest 7.5 per cent stake in Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank...
Vietnam aims to become ASEAN’s leading digital economy
Vietnam aims to become the leading digital economy in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by...
Myanmar opens Yangon Stock Exchange to foreigners
Currently, five companies are listed at the Yangon Stock Exchange © Arno Maierbrugger
Myanmar will allow direct foreign...
Graft trial of Malaysia’s ex-PM to begin in August
A trial of Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak on charges of corruption and money laundering involving state...
Possible US outsourcing ban could hit Philippine BPO industry hard
A plan by US President Donald Trump to punish US firms
outsourcing jobs abroad or even ban the...
Singapore to create 10,000 high-tech jobs
The Singapore government on June 26 said it has plans to create up to 10,000 jobs in...
Indonesia extends tax incentives for property buyers to spur sluggish market
Indonesia introduced new tax incentives to stimulate the sluggish property market. In a first step, the government...
Malaysia seeks to recover $5 billion in 1MDB assets
Malaysia is looking to recover about $5 billion worth of foreign assets linked to scandal-ridden state fund...
Vietnamese e-payment startups merge and eye expansion to Myanmar, Indonesia
Two Vietnamese digital payments startups are merging to add scale for a new funding round and to...
Cambodians quickly adopting cashless payments
Cambodia is among the countries whose citizens are quickly adopting
cashless payments, the newly released Visa Consumer Payment...
Vietnam’s IPO frenzy expected to cool down this year
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange © Arno Maierbrugger
After a record year of share sales in...
Myanmar’s central bank wary of fast growing cryptocurrency use in the country
The Central Bank of Myanmar is determined to curb the growing local cryptocurrency industry after it issued...
S&P bullish on Indonesia
Indonesia won a sovereign rating upgrade from S&P Global
Ratings for its “strong economic growth prospects” and prudent...
Malaysia’s PM proposes new gold-based trade currency for East Asia
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on May 30 proposed the creation of a new...
Southeast Asia just got a bit more competitive
Business district in Jakarta, Indonesia
Four out of ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or...
Malaysia to set up property crowdfunding platform for affordable homes
The government of Malaysia’s is turning to an alternative form of real estate financing to help resolve...
Thailand’s richest just got a bit poorer
Thailand’s Chearavanont family retains the first spot in the Forbes Thailand Rich List with $29.5 billion...
Singapore, US to return $226 million in 1MDB funds to Malaysia
The Malaysian government will be returned a total of around 936 million ringgit ($226 million) in misappropriated...
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Cambodia’s construction sector in rapid expansion
Construction in Sihanoukville, Cambodia © Arno Maierbrugger
Cambodia’s construction sector attracted total investments
of $3.39 billion in the first...
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Tourism numbers in Thailand close to stagnation
Thailand has attracted 21.08 million tourists in the first half of 2019, marking a meager 0.81 per...