Cambodia, Myanmar entrepreneurs off to London as AGLP 2019 heads to China (video)
A rice trading entrepreneur from Cambodia and the head of a Myanmar agriculture and trading…
How USAID is helping Indonesia’s vanilla farmers to grow export trade (HD video)
Assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is enabling small-scale spice farmers…
Indonesia backflips on plans to relax some foreign investment caps
Indonesia has nixed part of a recent plan to ease foreign ownership in a bid…
Putin’s Singapore visit signals continued Russia-Asean interest
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first-ever state visit to Singapore on November 13, 2018.…
Blowback: Malaysia manufacturers respond to ‘soda tax’ with price rise (video)
While Singapore considers whether to place a tax or even an outright ban on sugary…
Trade war: Focus turns to Thailand to conclude $7 trln RCEP
Six years in the making, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is slated to transform…
Indonesia’s WSMEs: female entrepreneurship without a safety net
Despite the substantial contribution women-led or -owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) make to the…
StixFresh: amazing little sticker from Malaysia that keeps mangos fresher longer (video)
Here’s an idea that might just stick: a smart label that helps prolong the shelf…
Mobile Vietnamese: Singles’ Day 2018 sales rise 240%, but sales via PC plummet
Recent figures show nearly two-and-a-half times as many online shoppers in Vietnam made purchases on…
Singapore-US partnership to see wearable bio sensors boost hospital-level home care
A Singapore digital therapeutics company is teaming up with a top US hospital in an…
Myanmar, Cambodia lead Asean’s soaring minimum wage growth
Countries across Asean are experiencing rapid economic growth, and the associated improvements to the standard…
Jerusalem support sees multi-bln dollar IA-CEPA trade deal headed for the rocks (video)
As heads of state and armies of policy and trade officials gather in Singapore for…
Racing the wind: Vietnam’s largest onshore wind project completes ahead of monsoon
Construction of Vietnam’s largest largest onshore wind plant has been completed ahead of the region’s…
Industrial unrest looms as Metro Manila minimum wage rises just PHP15
Labour groups in the Philippines have warned of increased industrial unrest after workers in Metro…
Video captures final seconds of King Power boss’ fatal helicopter crash (video)
Chilling video has emerged of the final seconds of the ill-fated helicopter flight last Saturday…
Asean minimum wages: ‘Measly’ pay rise sees Filipinos’ wages continue to shrink (video)
A Philippine labour group which last Thursday slammed a proposed PHP20 (about US$0.37) daily minimum…