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Alibaba makes first investment in Vietnam, buys stake in retail chain
VinMart's 2,900 mini stores and 130 supermarkets will become pick-up joints for online shopper on Alibaba's Lazada
China’s...
Gojek, Tokopedia merge in joint company, create $18-billion tech giant
Gojek co-CEO Andre Soelistyo (left) will lead GoTo, William Tanuwijaya remains Tokopedia CEO
Indonesian ride-hailing and e-commerce...
Taiwan’s Electronics manufacturers focus on Southeast Asia amid China-US tensions, Covid-19
Headquarters of Taiwan's electronics manufacturer Delta Electronics in Thailand
A new wave of relocations and regionalisations of production...
VinSmart quits production of own smartphone brand, realigns business
VinSmart phones, first launched in 2020, are already history
Vietnam’s largest business conglomerate Vingroup decided to close down...
Telenor writes off Myanmar investment of over $780 million
Picture: Aung Htai Hlaing
Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor at the presentation of its first-quarter financial results on May...
What pandemic? Indonesian multi-millionaire launches new airline
Indonesian businessman Rusdi Kirana, founder of Lion Air with a net worth of around $835 million, is...
Gojek to electrify entire fleet until 2030
Gojek driver with a Honda PCX Electric scooter
Indonesian ride-hailing and delivery company Gojek has announced plans to...
AirAsia launches e-commerce portal for beauty products
Beauty channel on AirAsia's "Super App"
With not many people flying nowadays, Malaysia’s budget airline AirAsia is widening...
Online casinos shut down in the Philippines, leaving 30,000 out of work
"POGOs" are mainly catering to Chinese gamblers
About half of the more than 60 online casinos in the...
Gojek, Tokopedia merge to new Southeast Asian e-commerce giant GoTo
New e-commerce giant GoTo plans stock listing in US and Indonesia
Two of Indonesia's largest e-commerce companies, ride-hailing...
Malaysia creates digital investment office
Malaysia prepares for the fourth industrial revolution
Malaysia is setting up a new government entity to support the...
Indonesia builds its own Silicon Valley: “Algorithm Hill” in West Java
A rendering of how Algorithm Hill would look like
Indonesia’s plan to create a Silicon Valley-like technology park...
Gojek crosses 200,000-driver mark in Vietnam
The number of motorbike taxi drivers riding for ride-hailing firm Gojek Vietnam has crossed the 200,000-mark, with...
Vietnam one of co-working giant WeWork’s best Southeast Asian markets
WeWork's E. Town Center in Ho Chi Minh City's district four © Arno Maierbrugger
Vietnam is among the...
Microsoft to build data center network in Malaysia for $1 billion
Microsoft's data centers in Malaysia will offer regional cloud computing services
US software giant Microsoft will invest...
Laos-China high-speed railway track almost finished
The construction of the railway track for the Laos-China Railway project is now 80 per cent complete,...
Thais now spend half a day on the Internet
Normal scene from Bangkok's public transport
Thais spent an average of almost 12 hours per day on the...
VinFast eyes mega-IPO on Wall Street this year
Vietnam car maker VinFast, part of the country’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup, is considering an initial public...
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Alibaba makes first investment in Vietnam, buys stake in retail chain
VinMart's 2,900 mini stores and 130 supermarkets will become pick-up joints for online shopper on Alibaba's Lazada
China’s...
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Number of foreign condo buyers in Thailand slumps 34% annually
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