Vietnam logs over 1.44 million international arrivals in first eight months
Of the international arrivals, 88.2 per cent came to Vietnam by air, up 18.5 times, while 11.8 per cent by road and 0.03 per cent by sea.
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Vietnam remains huge potential market for bubble tea
"The market is fragmented, and there is enough room for larger and smaller bubble tea players to co-exist", said Jianggan Li, Founder and CEO of Momentum Works.
Six more victims of SE Asia job scam return to HK safely
Hong Kong police earlier arrested six people over the job scam after 37 reportedly fell to the scheme.
Drop in appetite for private homes among Singapore’s HDB owners
Fewer HDB flat owners bought private property even as HDB resale flat prices gained 5.3 per cent in the first half compared with a 4.2 per cent rise in private home prices.
Demand slump prunes Cambodia’s int’l pepper sales by 69% on-year
The Pepper and Spices Federation president said the industry is coping with a downtrend in global demand for peppercorn, which is credited to the prolonged spread of Covid-19.
Philippines’ poultry, swine sectors slowly winning battle against animal diseases
The country launched its campaign against the highly-contagious African swine fever following the 2019 outbreak with over than 3,000 heads culled to curb the virus.
Who is profiting from the extreme heat in urban Pakistan?
The demand for cooling technologies has opened up profit-making opportunities in Pakistan's largest metropolis.
More room for China to back real economy: Experts
An economist said China's monetary policy will have greater room to support the real economy as spillover effects of the Fed's tightening fade with reduced capital outflow…
Musk envisions ties with China partners
Elon Musk said Tesla was established to solve the problems of the energy revolution, and Chinese enterprises cannot be neglected in the transition.
South Korea older workers back in factories amid labor crunch
With unemployment hitting a near-record low of 2.9 percent in July, the nation is seeing a surge in the number of elderly in the workforce.