Amazon launches full Prime membership in Singapore after ending free US shipping Amazon has today launched its membership-based program Amazon Prime in Singapore, marking the US giant’s latest major incursion into the Southeast Asian ecommerce […]
‘997 children got sick after vaccination’ Nearly a thousand children in public schools had fallen ill over a five-month period after receiving their first dose of the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, The STAR learned yesterday. […]
Govt pursues reform of state-owned enterprises Provincial branches of the state-owned Electrical Construction and Installation (ECI) enterprise have been placed under Electricite Du Lao (EDL) as part of the government’s reform of state enterprises towards […]
Electric car-sharing scheme to hit the roads Dec 12 The first fleet of cars for an electric car-sharing scheme will hit the roads next Tuesday (Dec 12). — Channel NewsAsia No dissident thoughts allowed in […]
Info-sharing platform to ease doing business The Department of Finance (DOF) along with the Departments of Information Technology (DICT) and of Interior and Local Government (DILG) led the launch of a digital platform that would […]
IFC Supports Business-Enabling Infrastructure, Promoting Investment, Creating Jobs in Laos IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is lending US$ 2 million to Aanandi Lao Co. Ltd, a property development company, for the construction […]
Vietnam’s company to plant 500 ha of rubber in Laos Quang Tri Rubber Co. Ldt., a subsidy of the under the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG), will plant 500 hectares of rubber and build a rubber […]
S$500 million to be pumped into upgrading drains over the next 3 years: PUB As part of ongoing efforts to shore up defences against floods due to increasingly frequent extreme weather conditions, the Government plans […]
US, PH begin FTA discussions The Philippines and the United States have begun Wednesday discussions on negotiating and concluding a possible bilateral free trade agreement, according to Ceferino Rodolfo, undersecretary of the Department of Trade […]
Korean loan supports hospital upgrade, riverbank protection The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Government Agency for the Economic Development Cooperation Fund) has provided the Lao government with a loan for the development of infrastructure. — Vientiane […]
Duterte wants Charter change to limit powers PRESIDENT Duterte on Tuesday night said he is pushing for the amendment of the Constitution, not to prolong his stay in power or become a dictator but to […]
Charges Cast Spotlight on Singapore’s Strict Rules on Public Gatherings Prosecutors in Singapore have charged an activist with holding unauthorized public assemblies, which human rights groups have criticized as an excessive restriction on free speech. […]