Tire makers Michelin and Continental have formed a joint venture with a software developer called Smag to advance Smag’s Rubberway app, a solution for…
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Malaysia fast-tracks investments to win trade-war business
Malaysia has set up a panel to fast-track investments as it seeks to woo businesses affected by the China trade dispute and it approved more than $500…
From trash to treasure: circular economy brings hope
Trần Thị Bình, 60, who lives in Hà Nội, has no idea about the circular economy but now brings her canvas bag shopping instead of taking plastic bags f…
Industry 4.0, disruptive technology and MAS Matrix: An example for way forward in Sri Lanka
Disruptive technology Technology has always been disruptive. When a new technology is introduced, it changes the way the humankind lives, behaves, ear…
Myanmar aims to become seed exporter in next five or ten years
Myanmar is working to become a seed-exporting country in the next five or ten years, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigatio…
Indonesia’s Economy Grows—and So Does Its Global Appeal
Global firms such as Dentons, Norton Rose Fulbright and White & Case, as well as Big Four accounting firms KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, have …
Broad Coalition to Ramp Up Food Safety in Myanmar
YANGON—Myanmar’s food safety advocacy groups plan to bring around 400 stakeholders from the food industry together to discuss food safety issues and c…
5G will add US$147 billion in value to Asean industries by 2025: Report
SOUTH-EAST Asia’s services sectors could get the greatest lift from digitalisation by fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology, a new report from consu…
Malaysia needs US$8 billion investment to achieve 20% renewable energy target by 2025
In 2018, Malaysia announced that it had set a target of 20% renewable energy in its generation mix by 2025. The Southeast Asian nation, which is mainl…
Worst is likely over for rubber glovemakers
KUCHING: Despite the weak set of results for the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), analysts believe that the worst is likely over for the rubber glove se…