02-07-2020 09:27
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo announced on June 30 that seven foreign companies had confirmed plans to relocate production facilities to Indonesia, mostly from China.
23-06-2020 08:00
The Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC) on June 22 granted transaction codes to two Vietnamese companies to export dairy products to China, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Department of Asia-Africa Markets.
22-06-2020 14:44
BEIJING: China banned imports from a top US poultry producer and ordered a Beijing Pepsi factory to close on Sunday (Jun 21) as authorites clamped down on food production and distribution amid a new coronavirus cluster in the capital.
20-06-2020 10:31
PARIS Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday (Jun 21) the most dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse to shadow the Earth in years.
19-06-2020 09:17
BEIJING: China imposed travel restrictions on nearly half a million people near its capital on Thursday (Jun 18) to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak as deaths surged in other parts of the world.
18-06-2020 16:43
The East Asia Business Council (EABC) has recently convened its 47th meeting in an online format, attracting representatives from 13 East Asian nations, including 10 ASEAN member states and their three partners of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
17-06-2020 08:00
Currently, there is a movement of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital flow from China to other countries, especially in the ASEAN region.
16-06-2020 09:30
GENEVA: More than 100 cases of the novel coronavirus have been officially recorded in the fresh outbreak in Beijing, the World Health Organization said on Monday (Jun 15).
15-06-2020 09:32
BEIJING: The number of people killed in a tanker truck explosion on a highway in eastern China has climbed to 19, with nearly 200 more injured, local authorities said on Sunday (Jun 14).
15-06-2020 09:19
BEIJING: Beijing carried out mass testing for the coronavirus on Sunday (Jun 14) after a new outbreak in the city that prompted travel warnings across the country amid fears of a resurgence of the disease.
14-06-2020 09:48
BEIJING: Lockdowns were imposed in parts of Beijing on Saturday (Jun 13) to try to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus cluster, with 57 new COVID-19 cases reported.
14-06-2020 09:10
Vietnam reported one new imported COVID-19 case on June 13 evening, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 334, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
13-06-2020 10:00
The outbreak of the coronavirus has had negative effects on global supply chains in the world’s automobile industry. Many factories run by Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai, KIA, Ford, and General Motors around the world have had their doors closed for weeks due to interruptions in the supply of automotive part-components from China, which is oft-recognised as the factory of the world.
10-06-2020 08:25
WASHINGTON, DC: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (Jun 9) took to task HSBC for backing Beijing's controversial security law proposal in Hong Kong, warning of businesses' over-reliance on China.
08-06-2020 12:40
Vietnam is generally regarded as having great prospects to seize overseas investment flows moving away from China. Nguyen Mai, senior economist and chairman of the Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises, scrutinises the opportunities for Vietnam in the current circumstances.