Vietnam will become the leading digital country and economy in the Asean region by 2030 and allow testing of new technologies in the digital economy. This is one of the proposals in a draft project on…
Digital Economy
Digital development and e-commerce in Nepal
Trade is an engine of growth. Many countries in East Asia and in the immediate neighbourhood have transformed their economies by excelling in export-led trade. But Nepal somehow missed this opportunit…
Sri Lanka: IT zones in Bingiriya and Ruhuna
The country cannot be developed if we keep blaming each other harping on past mistakes and being divided, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, speaking while touring new projects in Ruwanwella la…
Malaysia: Digitising the palm oil sector
It is a call made loudly and often enough – palm oil companies, with its high dependence on labour, need to digitise their operations as the next step towards increasing productivity. The call for pal…
Philippines pushes digitalization in Asean meet
President Duterte will push for cooperation among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states in a seamless transition into the fourth industrial revolution (IR) during 34th ASEAN…
Malaysia: MDEC piloting work visa project for tech freelancers
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is piloting a work visa programme for tech freelancers to work in Malaysia short term, to fulfil a demand for blockchain capable talents. MDEC growth ec…
Vietnam’s e-commerce to surge in 2020
Vietnam’s e-commerce growth reached 30 percent last year, marking total retail revenue 8 billion U.S. dollars, and this figure is expected to surge to 13-15 billion U.S. dollars next year, accor…
Indian giant proposes to build IT centre in HCM City
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 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…