Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN’s highest quality citizenship: Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei The people of Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei enjoy the highest quality citizenship in Southeast Asia, according to a recent […]
Vietnam wants foreign investors’ presence in SOE equitisation: PM Vietnam is stepping up the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOE) and wants foreign investors to pay attention to this area, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Asean police to get better info-sharing database With returning Islamic State in Iraq and Syria fighters passing through Asean countries, there is a need for close […]
Capital shortage slows Vietnam infrastructure projects Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City announced on Wednesday a further delay to the start of Metro Line 2 until 2020, taking it seven years behind schedule, because more […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu US firms bullish on Asean despite TPP exit American business enthusiasm in Southeast Asia is bent but far from broken even as the region grapples with […]
Education in Vietnam: Opportunities and Challenges for Investment Vietnam is currently one of the best destination for foreign investment in Southeast Asia. The country’s GDP is forecast to grow by 6.5 percent in 2017 and, […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN has larger buffers against capital outflows, says economist Nomura Research sees Southeast Asian countries have larger buffers to cushion the impacts of capital outflow risks […]
Too many barriers stifle startups A report from the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) released in 2016 showed that about 1,000 startups are registered every year in Vietnam. However, only 10 percent of them […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Consumption growth, not integration, leads investors to ASEAN A growing consumer market has been identified as the number one attraction of ASEAN, rather than its economic […]
Vietnam prosecutes former c.bank exec for “lack of responsibility” Vietnam police said on Friday they had charged a former central bank deputy governor with “lack of responsibility”, as the country extends its corruption crackdown in […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu SE Asia logistics firm Ninja Van raising $60 mln for expansion-sources Southeast Asian last-mile logistics provider Ninja Van is raising at least $60 million in its […]
Corporate tax law changes worry businesses Following the supposed changes to value-added consumption tax, the MoF tackled national CIT with a tendentious change to the current level of debt over equity ratio, which is commonly […]