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Scania opens new truck and bus assembly plant in Thailand
Swedish commercial vehicle builder Scania is opening a new assembly facility for trucks and bus chassis in the Bangkok Free Trade Zone in Samut...
Saab to build “aerospace city” and parts plant in Thailand
Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab Group will join forces with Thailand’s Amata Corporation, a developer and operator of factory estates in the country, to...
IKEA makes Malaysia its regional distribution hub
Do-it-yourself furniture chain IKEA, the world’s largest, will set up its regional distribution and supply chain center for Southeast Asia in Malaysia, the company...
Top 10 Countries for Work-Life Balance
Working long hours, not enough time to sleep, spend with your family or friends can lead to an unhealthy work-life balance. That's an issue...
Telenor will invest just $2b in Myanmar
Norway's mobile phone giant Telenor, which was one of the firms being granted a license to build up a mobile phone network in Myanmar,...
Tourists evermore in love with Thailand
International tourist arrivals to Thailand posted a growth of 19.04 per cent from January to April 2o13, the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports...
Soccer scandal blow to Singapore’s image
The biggest-ever international football match-fixing scandal orchestrated by a Singaporean betting cartel has put a dent in Singapore's corruption-free image and "embarrassed the nation,"...
Thailand tourism arrivals soaring
Tourism numbers in Thailand are projected to grow by another 10 per cent to 23 million in 2013, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)...
Emerging country brands on the rise
With the former unique "country brand" of the United States and Europe's iconic country brands such as France, Italy and Spain beginning to lose...
Malaysia must increase productivity growth
If Malaysia wishes to attain developed nation status by 2020, as is the government’s goal, its productive growth must grow by at least 5%...
Sweden experiments with solar heating
Sweden has been working on a pilot program to use solar power to heat water in the municipality of Anneborg, and hopes to translate...
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Laos starts operations at newly discovered gold mine
A newly discovered underground gold mine in Laos that has just begun operations is expected to significantly bolster mineral production in the country and...
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Alibaba opens first data center in Thailand
Chinese e-commerce and Internet technology giant Alibaba Group has put into operation its first data center in Thailand to tap the country’s growing cloud...