Strong external headwinds may set back policy efforts geared towards tackling development challenges

Bangkok, 22 January --( ASIA TODAY )-- Given persistently high trade tensions and policy uncertainty, the growth outlook of East and South Asia has weakened, according to the United Nations World Economic...

15 January 2020 – More than 3,500 distinguished speakers and influential global financial experts, policymakers, business leaders, economists and investors attended the 13th Asian Financial Forum (AFF), a two-day event that concluded yesterday.

Indonesia is set to become the biggest equity market in the Southeast Asia region as the entire market valuation of the Indonesia Stock Exchange of $529 billion is now closing up to slumping Thailand.

Thailand, which took over the top spot from Singapore in May last year, is struggling with a strengthening...

Thailand kicked off the new year with a ban on single-use plastic bags at major stores, continuing a campaign launched by the government and retailers towards a complete ban in 2021 to reduce plastic waste to which the country is one of the world’s largest contributors, particularly to maritime waste.

Concept Vehicle Integrates AEye’s iDAR with Tata Elxsi’s Autonomai to Create Fully Autonomous Vehicle

Arlington, VA - As the world’s largest and most influential tech event, CES® 2020 represents the entire scope of the global technology market – from AI to 5G, vehicle technology, AR/VR, robotics and beyond. With 61% of all Fortune Global Brands participating, CES 2020 will transform industries beyond the...

Designers are leading the way as the built environment from city to appliance level goes digital.

Designers around the world have started to rethink urban landscapes, incorporating digital solutions into everything from domestic appliances to city-wide infrastructure.

Two new low-cost carriers will enter the Thai market n 2020, further fueling the growth of low-cost carriers in the region and presenting another challenge to ailing national carrier Thai Airways.

The new budget airlines, Thai Summer Airways and Thai Eastar Jet, both have received their air operating...

Dec 27, 2019 (China Knowledge) - The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has announced new revisions of regulations to increase access of overseas financial institutions into China’s financial markets.

The Lao government is seeking input from academic and other research to help formulate strategies for poverty alleviation after acknowledging that it is only making slow progress. The Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF) under the country’s ministry of Agriculture and forestry has initiated the research concept on...

Vietnam is planning to strengthen its tourism sector as it has turned into one of the most important driving forces for the country’s economic development in the past years, contributing more than six per cent to GDP each year.

Taking note of this, in 2011, the government released the “Strategy on Vietnam’s...

Chinese giant to create 10,000 new stores and 8,000 jobs next year
Strategy described as 'Open from 1 to N and Integration from N to1'

NANJING, China, Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese commercial giant Suning Holdings Group has revealed its strategy for 2020, with the firm's founder and Chairman...

China Communications Construction Co Ltd and Philippine partner Macroasia Corp., an airline service company owned by Lucio Tan, chairman of national carrier Philippine Airlines, have won an auction for a $10-billion airport construction project outside Metro Manila, the latest in a multi-billion dollar push by the...

A new phase of the European Union’s SMART Myanmar project, called SMART Textiles & Garments, will bring together brands including H&M, Bestseller and C&A, trade unions and business associations to boost social and environmental sustainability in Myanmar’s garment industry.

Smart living, new technologies and digital innovation highlighted

In the global rankings of the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which assesses the performance of 15-year-olds in mathematics, reading and science, Singapore took the top spot in all three categories. In 2016, in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), Singapore’s...

VIENNA, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zhuge Academy is an international Chinese language education platform that belongs to Beijing Lanxum Technology Co. (Shenzhen Stock Exchange: SZ300010). In September 2019, it opened its second branch in Silicon Valley. As one of the first publicly traded companies in the China...

Showcasing how global design can co-create sustainable cities

27 November 2019 – Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), DesignInspire will be held from 5 to 7 December at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), featuring outstanding designs and providing creative...

Malaysians among 10 customers and ecosystem partners from the Alibaba Digital Economy onstage as gong strike kicks off trading

Hong Kong, November 26, 2019 --( ASIA TODAY )-- Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Alibaba” or the “Company”) (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988) has officially listed on the main board of the...