The Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) from India plans to establish an information and technology (IT) centre in HCM City, which will provide training for about 10,000 IT engineers over the next five …
Digital Economy
Digital banking in Nepal: Focus on infrastructure, security
A banking service involves a customer’s presence at an outlet to perform a transaction. This has compelled the banks and financial institutions (BFIs) to open large numbers of branches across differen…
Myanmar’s farmers go hi-tech
According to the World Bank, Asia supports the food demands of 60 percent of the global population by using just 23 percent of the world’s agricultural land. Due to an increasing population and decrea…
MDEC: Cyberjaya to attract more 5G investments
Cyberjaya, home to many multinational corporations (MNC) and technology companies, is expected to rope in more investors with the upcoming roll-out of 5G technology, said Malaysia Digital Economy Corp…
Việt Nam prioritises trade promotion on e-commerce platforms
Vũ Bá Phú, Director of the Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade talks to Hải Quan (Customs) newspaper about trade promotion strategies to help Việt Nam take advanta…
Smart Tech The New Tool For African Farmers
How do you count the number of mangoes on your farm so that you get a fair price? And what’s a clever-but-cheap way for a farmer to cut down his irrigation bill? Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa may …
Malaysia keen to be commerce gateway for ASEAN, China
Delivering a keynote speech at the launch of Malaysia’s first commodities e-commerce trading platform on May 2, Mahathir said Malaysia’s location in ASEAN and its long-standing cultural ti…
Myanmar, China to collaborate on infrastructure, technology
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) and one agreement with China on April 25, according to the Ministry of Information. The two MoUs and agreement were …
Malaysia to leverage 5G tech within 3 years
According to a recent report, the Malaysian Prime Minister is confident that Malaysia can leverage on 5G technology within the next three years. He stated that this could be done if the country made t…
Emerging Asia’s startups open own doors to success
After studying at Harvard University and learning the art of starting a business in Silicon Valley, Hla Hla Win took her experience home to Myanmar, founding a company that uses augmented reality to i…