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Samsung invests $920 million more in Vietnam, but plans to reduce smartphone production
South Korea's Samsung Electronics will invest $920 million in a production facility in northern Vietnam, government officials of the country said on February 16.
The...
Vietnam wants digital economy to account for one fifth of GDP by 2025
Vietnam has set itself a goal that the digital economy should represent 20 per cent of gross...
Austrian high-tech company to create 5,000 jobs in Malaysia
The existing AT&S plant in Shanghai
Austrian technology company AT&S is setting up a production plant in Malaysia...
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...
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...
Vietnam’s smartphone exports reach more than $51 billion in 2020
Vietnam, a major assembler of smartphones for global brands, has reached an export value of phones and...
KimYongPay? North Korea launches mobile payment system
People shopping in the Taesong Department Store in Pyongyang amid Covid-19 (Picture: Yonhap)
North Korea has introduced a...
Sony moves smartphone production from China to Thailand to halve costs
Japanese electronics giant Sony is closing its Beijing smartphone plant and will shift production to Thailand in...
Vietnam’s Vingroup to launch its own smartphone brand
Vingroup, Vietnam’ biggest listed firm by market value and a conglomerate with businesses that range from real estate to retail to tourism to automotive,...
Samsung to expand production facilities in Vietnam yet again
South Korea’s electronics major Samsung Electronics Co. is determined to further expand production in Vietnam, co-CEO Koh Dong-jin told Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan...
Samsung decides against investing in Myanmar amid “government inaction”
South Korea’s corporate giant Samsung Electronics scrapped its plans to build a production base for smartphones or home appliances in Myanmar due to what...
Thais spend a record of 9.38 hours on the Internet – daily
Thai people are spending an average of nine hours and 38 minutes daily on the Internet, with around one third of this time used...
Alibaba spends another $1b on Lazada to pump up Asian e-commerce business
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will invest an additional $1 billion into online shopping portal Lazada which operates in six countries in Southeast Asian, namely...
First homemade smartphone brand launched in Laos
Laos' first domestic smartphone brand will be introduced to shops and agencies in Vientiane and the country's provinces this month after a local IT...
Thailand on track for $37b Internet market
Thailand, which has one of the highest mobile Internet usage rates in Southeast Asia, is set to to reach $37 billion in revenues within...
BlackBerry still a big hit in Indonesia
The heydays of BlackBerry, the iconic smartphone with one of the first integrated push-email services that was a massive global success in the pre-iPhone...
Myanmar named fourth-fastest growing mobile phone market
Myanmar, a country served by Qatar’s telecom giant Ooredoo, is the fourth-fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, contributing around 6 per cent...
Worst-ever smartphone ad spotted in Manila
Dear Mr. Wayne Chi, CEO of KingCom Philippines,
We believe that you are selling great smartphones and your company is certainly good in marketing them,...
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Malaysia’s ex-premier Mahathir suggests that Singapore should be ‘returned’ to Malaysia
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammad in what can be interpreted as a nationalistic outburst said that Malaysia should claim that Singapore gets “returned”...