Across Asia, contract and freelance positions in firms from start-ups to large conglomerates are becoming more commonplace. While still novel in Myanmar, the so-called “gig” economy is expanding as co…
HCM City to host smart factory conference
Vietnamese market and incentive policies for high-tech investment, trends in smart factory solutions and smart solutions using AI and IoT are among the topics that will be discussed at a conference in…
Korea IT Service Firms Looking for Opportunities in Southeast Asia
Samsung SDS will make a full-scale foray into the Southeast Asian IT service market by becoming the largest shareholder of CMC, a large IT service company in Vietnam. Samsung SDS announced on July 28 …
South Korea looks to Asean for help in its ‘trade war’ with Japan
South Korea is planning to appeal for help from its regional partners in its latest bid to convince Japan to roll back export restrictions amid an escalating trade dispute between the two countries. A…
IITs plan to invite students from Asean countries
The country’s premier engineering colleges – the IITs – could from December onwards have hundreds of students and researchers from Asean countries on their ranks as the Union HRD ministry is looking e…
Solar power shines in Myanmar
Myanmar’s launch of its first commercial solar plant last month is a step in the right direction for a country that has yet to provide more than half of its citizens with proper access to electricity.…
Mahathir invites Turkish companies to invest in three core sectors
ISTANBUL: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad invited Turkish companies to invest or collaborate in the three core sectors in Malaysia, which are, the aerospace industry, the automotive industry an…
Malaysia benefits from US-China trade war, foreign direct investment spike by 73.4 per cent in first quarter
Malaysia benefits from US-China trade war as the foreign direct investment to Malaysia has soared by 73.4 per cent in first quarter of the year. The foreign direct investment (FDI) to Malaysia in firs…
Indonesia: Plant disease threatens thousands of hectares of rubber plantations
An outbreak of Leptosphaeria leaf spot (Pestalotiopsis spp) that has hit many rubber plantations in Indonesia is expected to significantly reduce the country’s natural rubber production. Agriculture M…
Myanmar invites foreign investment in microfinance
In response to growing investors’ interest in Myanmar’s finance sector amid on-going market liberalisation, key players in the microfinance industry gathered on Tuesday at an event in Yangon, the nati…