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2024 marks major return for Vinexpo Asia to Hong Kong

April 16, 2024 | 15:30

The Vinexposium group will host Vinexpo Asia, the flagship international wine and spirits trade exhibition in Asia, in May.

Singapore: E-commerce scams double in 2023

April 11, 2024 | 16:55

Singaporean authority registered 9,783 e-commerce scam cases in 2023, more than doubling the 4,762 cases in 2022, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on April 10.

Singapore forecast to suffer over 1.5 billion USD losses due to heat stress in 2035

April 04, 2024 | 15:28

Singapore’s economic losses due to heat stress could nearly double to 1.64 billion USD in 2035 from pre-pandemic 2018 due to a decline in labour productivity, a recent study by the National University of Singapore showed.

Singapore tops foreign investors in Vietnam in first quarter

March 28, 2024 | 16:43

Singapore was the largest foreign investor in Vietnam in the year to March 20 with over 2.55 billion USD, making up 41.3% of the total foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in the country, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Singapore to spend 1 billion SGD developing AI in five years

February 20, 2024 | 10:58

Singapore’s plan to invest more than 1 billion SGD (743 million USD) in artificial intelligence (AI) over the next five years could strengthen its position as a global business and innovation hub, tech executives said as reported by CNBC.

Vietnam can follow in the footsteps of Singapore in semiconductors

February 15, 2024 | 11:03

Singapore’s transformation from a nation with nothing to a “semiconductor valley” will be a very useful reference for Vietnam.

Future shifts in Vietnam-Singapore investment

February 11, 2024 | 00:00

Singapore remains the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam. Up to 2023, Singaporeans poured over $18 billion into Vietnamese real estate, exceeding investments in any other sector.

HR firm Talentnet increasing regional footprint

February 05, 2024 | 10:38

HR consultancy Talentnet has opened a new branch in Cambodia and a representative office in Singapore in a bid to expand its business.

Singapore deploys AI robots for retail

January 24, 2024 | 14:24

Hive 2.0, a high-tech retail innovation hub has been launched at Esplanade Xchange underground mall in Singapore.

LYS Energy eyes up fresh opportunities in Vietnam

December 26, 2023 | 15:38

As a powerful Singapore home-grown solar independent power producer, LYS Energy Group is seeking to expand in Vietnam to tap into local green growth potential.

Singapore recommends people maintain COVID-19 booster shots

December 22, 2023 | 16:36

Singapore's latest spike in COVID-19 cases may be starting to peak but the public needs to stay up to date on vaccinations, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on December 21.

Vietnam and Singapore's strategic vision for trade and investment

December 20, 2023 | 11:15

Quang Anh, associate at VILAF and Vaibhav Saxena, lawyer at VILAF, have given their insights to VIR on Vietnam-Singapore relations.

Four Singaporean groups receive investment licences in Binh Duong

December 12, 2023 | 16:07

Binh Duong has granted investment certificates to four Singaporean companies.

Hyundai opens high-tech Singapore electric car factory

November 22, 2023 | 15:57

Hyundai opened a high-tech electric vehicle factory in Singapore on Tuesday that the South Korean auto giant says will be a "pillar" of its electrification strategy in the coming decades.