Manufacturing & Industry

US-based Hershey Company, the world’s fifth largest chocolate and candy maker, has opened a new research and development (R&D) center in Malaysia to develop...

Chinese e-commerce and Internet technology giant Alibaba Group has put into operation its first data center in Thailand to tap the country’s growing cloud...

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob during his four-day working visit to Washington, D.C. on May 11 has invited US businesses, particularly Fortune 500...

Vietnam’s domestic car maker VinFast once again is set to postpone its much-awaited initial public offering (IPO) in the US, likely until next year...

Philippine think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) has warned that a potential presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the country’s late...

Thai Beverage, the company that produces Thailand’s iconic Chang beer and the popular Mekhong rice liquor, among others, has revived plans to list its...

Cambodia has officially started  the construction of a multi-purpose deep seaport in its southern Kampot province on May 5 after the project was delayed...

Russia’s biggest truck manufacturer Kamaz is set to start vehicle production in Myanmar as the company is increasingly losing access to other markets due...

The government of Laos has agreed in principle to a minimum wage increase amid rising cost of living and rampant inflation in the country,...

The significant raise of Malaysia’s minimum wage by May 1 predictably does not find favour among businesses in the private sector, but some economists...

US-based Australis Capital Inc. – doing business as Audacious – has entered a joint venture with a Thai partner for the distribution of cannabis-infused...

The Lao government has lost $767 million to corruption in the past six years, media reports referred to the country’s State Inspection Authority. The leading...

China’s largest battery producer, Contemporary Amperex Technology, or CATL, plans to join two state-owned Indonesian companies to develop an electric-vehicle battery integration project with...

US financial services majors Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Asset Management have given business news channel CNBC their top picks for investments in Southeast Asia...

German sports car maker Porsche on March 28 officially inaugurated its first manufacturing site outside Europe in Kulim district in Malaysia’s northern Kedah state...

Vietnam’s homegrown automaker VinFast said on March 29 that it has signed a preliminary deal to set up a factory in the US state...

British household appliance maker Dyson will invest $1.1 billion in Singapore over the next four years as part of its $3.6-billion global investment plan,...

An authentic “Made in Laos” perfume brand is breaking its way through the competitive perfume market dominated by mostly foreign brand-name products and is...