Lao Morning News For August 16
Lao firm Kolao breaks ground with Thai bond issue LAOS-BASED Kolao Group has become the first private company from that country to tap the Thai corporate bond market, raising US$25 million in a private placement […]
Singapore Morning News For August 16
Meet Goh Eng Lim – the Singaporean behind the most powerful supercomputer sent into space When a SpaceX rocket docks at the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Aug 16), it will deliver, among other […]
Lao Morning News For August 15
Value-added tax to replace guesswork in raising revenue from SMEs The Ministry of Finance is in the process to introduce a value-added tax (VAT) on Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) after the scheme was […]
Singapore Morning News For August 15
Singapore confirms Zika cases at Serangoon for third time Two new cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection in Singapore have been confirmed at Serangoon North Avenue 1, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on […]
Move over popcorn, here comes poprice (video)
With its fertile Mekong Delta in the south and picturesque terraces in the north, Vietnam is one of Asean’s leading exporters of rice. It is also an avid consumer of the white grain, with the […]
Lao Morning News For August 14
Laos withdraws troops after Hun Sen ultimatum Lao troops occupying territory south of the Sekong River withdrew on Saturday after Prime Minister Hun Sen gave them a six-day deadline to leave and dispatched two military […]
Singapore Morning News For August 14
Industry 4.0: Hello! Uncle Not Machine! Paints Alternate to Mass Unemployment Fear (video) At the rate with which technology and robotisation is constantly evolving and replacing roles traditionally performed by human workers, the question is […]
Lao Morning News For August 11
Want to Invest in Laos? This is Why You Shouldn’t Laos is one of the fastest growing nations in Asia. Strong exports and a burgeoning service sector helped its economy surge by 6.8% in 2016. […]
Singapore Morning News For August 11
Singapore narrows 2017 GDP forecast as Q2 growth quickens to 2.9% The full year growth forecast for the Singapore economy has been narrowed to 2 to 3 per cent, from the earlier range of 1 […]
Lao Morning News For August 10
Secondary education in nation’s south gets boost via Japan grant Students in southern Laos will be able to access better education facilities thanks to a grant from the Japanese government to construct 44 new school […]
Malaysia Morning News For August 10
Hard-pedalling soft power, China helps launch $13b Belt and Road rail project in Malaysia China and Malaysia broke ground on Wednesday (Aug 9) on a $13 billion rail project linking peninsular Malaysia’s east and west, […]
Singapore Morning News For August 10
Singapore is world leader in e-government penetration: survey SINGAPORE has retained its first placing in the world in terms of the quality of “e-government”, according to a joint survey conducted by Japan’s Waseda University and […]