21-10-2022 10:23
For the last few years, manufacturers have been utilising a China+1 strategy in order to not place too much reliance on one location, and areas like Southeast Asia and India are benefiting. The strategy is now being tweaked and tinkered with as a result of geopolitical tensions and China’s ongoing battle with anti-pandemic policy.
17-10-2022 15:38
Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Economic Community for 2021-2024, Satvinder Singh, has affirmed that Vietnam is one of the strongest contributors to ASEAN’s dynamic, resilient economy and is a very critical partner for ASEAN’s integration.
17-10-2022 11:20
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been cooperating with countries across ASEAN in upskilling to meet their digital transformation needs.
17-10-2022 10:30
Vietnam and regional countries are making big steps in cloud transformation as part of their digital transformation journey, with the trend to further intensify. Eric Conrad, regional managing director for Worldwide Public Sector ASEAN at Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, talked with VIR’s Bich Thuy about the cloud journey in Vietnam and the region, as well as future opportunities at the AWS Public Sector Summit 2022 in Singapore.
14-10-2022 13:00
With the full liberalisation of trade within the ASEAN Economic Community, businesses from regional nations have capitalised on the bloc’s trade facilitation with a view to expanding investment and exports to Vietnam, while the country has also followed suit with other regional markets.
09-10-2022 22:51
The 12th ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting (ASED) and related meetings will be held in Hanoi from October 11-14, with the participation of education ministers, senior officials and experts from 10 ASEAN member states and eight partner countries.
07-10-2022 15:00
The AWS Public Sector Summit opened in Singapore on October 6, discussing cloud transformation and the upscaling of cloud technology in ASEAN.
06-10-2022 16:28
A cross-border payment system between the five ASEAN countries of Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia will be fully connected next year, according to Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo.
27-09-2022 22:20
Vietnam and India hold great potential for cooperation in establishing supply chains following COVID-19, which has seriously affected both economies over the past two years due to disruptions in regional and global supply chains, according to Indian analysts.
23-09-2022 17:02
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 22 met representatives from the US Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and US firms operating in many different areas in New York.
23-09-2022 11:47
The all-new, second-generation Honda HR-V has been awarded a 5-star rating in the latest ASEAN NCAP (the New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asia), which reflects Honda’s commitment to allowing everyone sharing the roads to safely and confidently enjoy the freedom of mobility.
21-09-2022 12:13
On September 20, HSBC released a fresh report depicting ASEAN’s exports for the year to date which underlines the bloc’s resident export performance, largely thanks to an extended tech cycle and high commodity prices.
19-09-2022 10:36
Heads of ASEAN member economies have agreed to create a mechanism to promote competition, create an environment conductive for regional SMEs to enter ASEAN amid economic recovery from COVID-19 crisis.
15-09-2022 09:59
Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali has called on ASEAN member states to promote digital economy and green technology to generate real and direct benefits to micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and people.
13-09-2022 18:27
Almost three years into the pandemic, ASEAN governments and businesses are mapping out a blueprint for a resilient and sustainable recovery that leaves no one behind.