Asean Digital Gateway, Travel Wallet launched
By leveraging digital technology, the wallet will address issues faced by travellers such as carrying or misplacing multiple documents.
Policy Matters
Choosing and consuming: Sustainability key to Indonesia’s food waste problem
A recent report by the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) found that the country threw away 23 to 48 million tons of food waste annually from 2000 to 2019, equivalent…
India has world’s largest number of crypto owners, most under 35
This even though the Indian government is ambivalent about how to regulate the digital coin ecosystem.
S’ville set to turn into ‘second Shenzhen’
Cambodia has awarded a contract to a Chinese institute to transform the Preah Sihanouk province into Southeast Asia's next logistics and resort hub.
Tata Sons win bid to acquire debt-laden, state-run Air India
The deal is expected to be completed by December this year.
Indonesia’s new overhauled tax law rushed through Parliament
The passage of the bill has been described as one of the hastiest deliberations in the country's history.
Viet Nam to divest from six major enterprises by early 2022
The divestment is expected to fetch the government about US$652-870 million for the State budget.
India’s western states account for top industrial parks
Over 90 per cent of the leading parks can be found in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Xi unveils plan to turn China into global talent hub
Country aims to rank among world's best as strategic force in science by 2035
Foreign investment into Vietnamese start-ups expected to rise despite COVID-19
The trend indicates Viet Nam has emerged as a startup hub, catching up with regional countries like Indonesia and Singapore.