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Vietnam’s youth “optimistic” about next 15 years – study
Vietnam’s youth is confident and optimistic about the direction their country is going in terms of economic...
New SME funding platform enters Thailand
Funding Societies: Loans for more than 65,000 businesses
A new funding platform for small and medium companies...
Indonesian startups help street vendors migrate to the digital era
Indonesia, known for its buoyant startup scene, has groomed a very special form of startups, namely such...
Indonesia’s Gojek maintains swift expansion drive
Indonesia’s ride-hailing-start-up Gojek, which since its launch in 2010 has grown into a diversified e-commerce unicorn, wants...
Philippines gets first crowdfunding platform
Investree, founded in 2015 in Indonesia, plans an expansion across Southeast Asia
The Philippines is getting its first...
Vietnam ranks high in digital development
Vietnam has been ranked fifth in the world for digital evolution momentum by the 2020 Digital Intelligence...
Singapore gives green light for sale of artificial meat, a world’s first
Lab-grown chicken is the new trend in Singapore
Singapore has approved the sale of laboratory-created chicken, becoming the...
Vietnam becomes new fintech hub in Southeast Asia
Vietnam’s fintech universe has been growing rapidly in the past few years, according to the newly released...
Google, Temasek invest in Indonesia’s Tokopedia
Google and Singapore's sovereign investment fund Temasek have completed their acquisition of a stake in Indonesia's e-commerce...
Singapore to offer special work visa for hi-tech top talent
Singapore is rolling out a new visa-work permit combination for international hi-tech top talent called Tech.Pass.
Thai startup seeks to tackle food waste, a country’s first
Bangkok-based startup Yindii seeks to counter widespread food waste
A Bangkok- based startup has become the first in...
Singapore gets first Asian fake-egg factory
Eat Just produces an egg-like substance made from mung beans
California-based agrotech company Eat Just Inc. has said...
Singapore builds upon rooftop farming for food security
Rooftop farm of Edible Garden City, Singapore
Lacking sufficient agricultural space, Singapore is now boosting domestic food production...
AirAsia founder turns to mobile apps, music production as planes remain grounded
Tony Fernandes, co-founder and CEO of AirAsia Group, has shifted his interests towards new ventures as the...
SwitzGo, Shootsta: No shortage in innovative startups in Southeast Asia despite virus crisis
Despite a disruption of the disruptive innovation industry by the coronavirus pandemic , new business ideas and...
Gojek next regional tech giant to lay off staff amid pandemic
Indonesian ride-hailing, delivery and e-commerce firm Gojek said on June 23 that it will lay off nine...
Vietnam’s “rice ATMs” to become permanent
The set-up of automatic dispensing machine providing free rice in Vietnam – originally a measure to help...
Thailand drops further in competitiveness ranking along most ASEAN nations
Office workers in Thailand
Most Southeast Asian saw a drop in their competitiveness in the latest world competitiveness...
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Thais spent nearly 59 billion hours glued to their smartphones in 2020
No more talking...
Thais have spent 58.8 billion hours using smartphones in 2020, which means that any of...
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Foreign investors re-routing capital from Myanmar to Vietnam, Cambodia
Those foreign investors which have been confident until recently of a bright economic future of a young...