Indonesia’s Bank Danamon fields interest from suitors for insurance unit PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, the nation’s fifth-largest lender by market value, is fielding interest from foreign suitors seeking a stake in its insurance subsidiary, people […]
Details of ruling party’s five-year plan to minimise opposition revealed Cambodia’s ruling party will increase surveillance, shut out any opposition “force” and prevent the spread of information that “twists the truth”, according to their five-year […]
Malaysia’s RHB Bank to acquire remaining 51% of Vietnam Securities Corporation RHB Bank Bhd, Malaysia’s fourth-largest lender by assets, has announced that it plans to acquire the 51 per cent stake in Vietnam Securities Corporation […]
Gov’t to allow food importers to self declare In a policy turnaround, the Government has said it is determined to assist food and beverage importers and producers by reducing inspection times, costs and criteria, opting […]
Buffalo meat import far exceeds set quota in 2017 The State Logistics Agency’s (Bulog) procurement director, Andrianto Wahyu Adi, said in Jakarta over the weekend that the agency had obtained a permit from the Trade […]
Cambodia’s economic freedom down slightly last year: report Cambodia’s economic freedom score dropped seven ranks in the annual Economic Freedom Index released by the Heritage Foundation, a US-based, conservative-leaning think tank. — The Phnom Penh […]
Malaysia needs structural reforms says global investor A renowned global investor has called for structural reforms in Malaysia, saying that the country faces “very real” structural issues. — The Star Online EPF’s 2017 investment income […]
Vietnam’s electronics industry on the rise The rapid growth of the domestic electronics industry has boosted up the employment demands in the country and many firms say they find it difficult to recruit technicians. — […]
Export Restriction Boosts Natural Rubber Price Joint effort of Indonesian, Thai and Malaysian governments as members of world rubber exporting countries restricting rubber exports through Agreed Export Tonnage Scheme (AETS) managed to boost the price […]
China Envoy Pushes Back Against Complaints About Chinese Investors in Cambodia China’s ambassador to Cambodia took the rare step on Thursday of calling a news conference to criticize recent media reports that a wave of […]
Najib highlights Malaysia’s achievements at World Urban Forum Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today unveiled a list of Malaysia’s successes in managing rapid urbanisation, an achievement he said is backed by strong economic fundamentals. […]
Viêt Nam Asia’s strongest gold jewellery market in 2017 Viet Nam was the strongest gold jewellery market in Asia last year, according to the World Gold Council’s report about gold trends in 2017 released on […]