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Singapore mulls over introduction of wealth tax to lower inequality
Bad news for rich global citizens who have made Singapore their choice of (tax) residence, and more...
Philippines becomes first country globally to approve genetically modified rice
The Philippines became the first country in the world to approve the commercial production of genetically modified...
Indonesian ‘sea-to-table’ startup seeks to disrupt the fishing industry, gets funding
Aruna provides and online wholesale platform for small fisheries
Indonesian fishery and marine online platform Aruna on July...
Myanmar loses 1.2 million jobs in second quarter: ILO
Closed shops in Yangon: Feeling the heat of a double-whammy crisis
Coup-torn and Covid-19 ravaged Myanmar lost an...
Malaysia crushes crypto equipment with steamroller, accused miners of $2-million electricity theft
Malaysian authorities in Miri, Sarawak in a publicity stunt destroyed 1,069 mining racks used by crypto miners...
Dispute about Covid-19 insurances in Thailand – do people get “deliberately” infected?
Thailand's Syn Mun Kong Insurance, one of the country’s larger non-life insurance companies, in a surprise announcement...
Chinese online gambling providers return to the Philippines
Chinese online gambling companies are returning to the Philippines after a Covid-19-induced hiatus and are looking to...
In Southeast Asia, 11,000 bank branches are expected to close until 2030
Automatisation, digitalisation are the nails in the coffins of physical bank branches
As the entire banking industry shifts...
Philippines to set official standards for cooking national food, starting with Adobo
One way of serving chicken adobo
The standardization division of the Philippine department of trade and industry (DTI)...
E-cigarette startup wants to become Malaysia’s first unicorn
Vaping has become popular in Malaysia and abroad
Malaysian e-cigarette maker NSTY Worldwide, doing business as Nasty, seeks...
Philippines, Myanmar among ten worst places for workers globally, says new report
Working conditions have deteriorated during the Covid-19 pandemic
A new list by an international trade union group of...
Philippine boxing hero mulls running for president – could face off Duterte’s daughter in 2022
Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is likely to run for the country’s presidency at the May 9,...
IMF says Thailand needs structural change in its economy to fully recover from pandemic
Pattaya's Walking Street was normally buzzing with tourists, now it's a ghost strip
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Malaysia’s Genting Group opens huge casino resort in Las Vegas as pandemic starts to subside in US
Malaysia’s Genting Group in a late-night VIP party on June 24 local time in Las Vegas officially...
Indonesia to phase out combustion engines by 2050, sell only electric vehicles
E-taxis are already in operation in Indonesia
The government in Jakarta has set the ambitions goal for Indonesia...
Vietnam could produce its own single-shot Covid-19 vaccine
Vietnam seeks US technology for vaccine production
Vietnam’s health ministry on June 12 said that a Vietnamese enterprise...
Cambodia deploys new army of mine-sniffing rats
Rats can be trained to sniff TNT
Cambodia has deployed its next generation of rat recruits to sniff...
Vietnam’s Phu Quoc positions itself as Southeast Asia’s prime island holiday destination
A pre-pandemic, stress-free,white-sandy Phu Quoc beach © Arno Maierbrugger
Phu Quoc, a picturesque island off the south-western coastline...
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Vietnam faces hotel sell-off with 40% discounts amid tourism collapse
Closed hotels in Hanoi
Vietnam is currently experiencing a sell-off of hotels in large numbers across Vietnam as...
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Vietnam faces hotel sell-off with 40% discounts amid tourism collapse
Closed hotels in Hanoi
Vietnam is currently experiencing a sell-off of hotels in large numbers across Vietnam as...