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Mitsubishi, Petronas, Kirin next to exit Myanmar
Malaysia’s oil giant Petronas and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi are divesting their stakes in Myanmar’s Yetagun gas field, the companies said on February 18, in...
Myanmar junta seeks to kick out Japan’s Kirin brewery
A Myanmar military conglomerate is seeking to end a joint venture with Japanese beer giant Kirin and liquidate the brewery operations they are running...
Japan’s Kirin brewery writes off nearly $200 million in Myanmar
Japan’s popular beer brand Kirin has become the next casualty in the Myanmar economic and political crisis...
Vietnam’s baby boom lures Japanese infant milk producer
Japanese food company Meiji will set up a unit in Vietnam to import and sell infant milk...
Japan to export arms to Vietnam
Japan is set to sign an agreement with Vietnam to export defense equipment and technology to the...
Japanese companies encouraged to open factories in Vietnam
Japanese companies are becoming eager to relocate their manufacturing facilities to Vietnam, according to the Japan External...
Japan to redevelop former US Navy base in the Philippines
Japan will create the master plan to redevelop a former US naval base in Subic Bay in...
Tourism arrivals on the upswing in the Philippines
International visitor arrivals to the Philippines grew by more than seven per cent to 2.2 million in...
Japan keen on investing further in hybrid car industry in Thailand
Japanese companies are interested in investing more in hybrid car manufacturing in Thailand, the National News Bureau...
Tourism arrivals in Vietnam on steady growth trajectory
Unspoiled beach in the coastal city of Da Nang in central Vietnam © Arno Maierbrugger
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Suu Kyi calls for investors to engage in Rakhine state
Myanmar State Counselor and de facto-leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for investment in the crisis-hit western state of Rakhine on February 22, saying...
Malaysia gets first robot hotel
Becoming increasingly popular in countries such as Japan, Singapore, China and Taiwan, the trend now comes to Southeast Asia: The first robot hotel will...
Filipinos spend more than ten hours online per day – world record
The Philippines are topping the global country ranking of Internet usage per day with an average ten hours and 2 minutes of screen time....
Vietnam tourism arrivals surge 20%, hit new record
Vietnam closed 2018 almost spot on its target of tourist arrivals, counting 15,497,791 international visitors which represented an increase of 19.9 per cent over...
Works on Thai-Chinese high-speed rail to commence in 2019
The Thai government will begin construction of the first phase of the remaining three sections of the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail between Bangkok and Nakhon...
Japan pledges support to Laos for Vietnam War bomb removal
Japan on October 8 pledged to give 900 million yen ($8 million) towards removing unexploded bombs in Laos that were scattered there during the...
Taiwan considers cutting visa-free travel to twice a year for Thailand, Philippines, Brunei visitors
Taiwan mulls reducing the number of visa-free entries for citizens of Thailand, the Philippines and Brunei to two times year, down from currently six...
Laos’ main airport got huge expansion despite weak visitor numbers
The international terminal of the airport serving the Laotian capital of Vientiane, Wattay International Airport, can now accommodate as many as 2.3 million foreign...
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Laos seeks to sell minority stake in national carrier Lao Airlines
The Lao government has plans to reduce its ownership in national carrier Lao Airlines to 51 per cent in an attempt to get mounting...
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Garuda halves debt, believes profitability in sight
Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda Indonesia has halved its debt and achieved comparable cuts to aircraft leasing costs in negotiations with creditors, according to a...