Hanoi’s first metro to operate commercially by year-end The Chinese general contractor for Hanoi’s first metro said the acceptance review of the project is being accelerated to enable commercial operation by year-end. — VnExpress Vietnam […]
Indonesia’s factory activity contracts to historic low in Q2 Factory activity in Indonesia fell to its lowest level ever in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic caused a slump in demand and disrupted supply […]
250,000 inhabitants of Manila go back into confinement About 250,000 residents of Manila, the Philippines, will be confined again after an outbreak of coronavirus cases in the country, an official said on Monday. — The […]
Vietnam says 31 million workers impacted by pandemic, risk of rising unemployment The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted about 31 million workers in Vietnam, with 900,000 out of work and nearly […]
Prioritize Test for Tracing as Pandemic in Indonesia Likely to Rise Until Oct: WHO The World Health Organisation said Indonesia should start to prioritize tests for Covid-19 suspects to improve its tracing capability — instead […]
‘Pandemic of intolerance’: Senators assail House vote displacing 11K workers when 7M have lost jobs FOR now, it’s improbable that they will ever get a chance to act on the franchise of ABS-CBN, but that […]
Vietnam is seeking a return to nuclear power A draft power plan by the Ministry of Industry and Trade envisages building nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1,000 MW by 2040 and 5,000 MW […]
Indonesia Sees Record Virus Cases With New Clusters Emerging Indonesia reported a record jump in daily coronavirus infections as a military academy and an industrial area emerged as the nation’s newest clusters, which President Joko […]
Cebu Pacific to lay off over 800 workers as virus impact ‘worsened’ Cebu Pacific said Thursday it would lay off more than 800 employees by August as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to “negatively impact” the […]
Việt Nam to increase rice exports to EU under EVFTA Rice quotas for Việt Nam under the EVFTA are expected to push Việt Nam’s rice exports up from the second half of this year, according […]
Indonesia’s retail sales tumble to biggest fall since 2008 Indonesia’s retail sales index contracted by 20.6 percent in May, the biggest dive since 2008, dragged by plunging clothes sales, as well as cultural and recreational […]
Duterte: Philippines cannot ‘gamble’ with COVID-19 like US, Brazil have President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called his American and Brazilian counterparts, Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, brave for reopening their economies — even as both […]