Sun Life Financial’s SLF subsidiary Sun Life Vietnam Insurance Company Limited and Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABC) have formed a 15-year exclusive bancassurance partnership in Vietnam. The ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s showcase Covid response
Vietnam’s successes against Covid-19 are all the more remarkable given it lacks the material resources available to richer nations. So how did it do it? Vietnam is one of a select handful of East ... ( read original story ...)
World Fintech Festival: Philippines as Asia’s Next Big Tech Hub
The Philippines is set to showcase its best financial technology (fintech) practices to an international audience and cement its global digital footprint in the five-day virtual World Fintech Festival ... ( read original story ...)
5 ways to strengthen business in post-COVID world
The pandemic has disrupted the everyday functioning of businesses, affecting livelihoods, operational sustainability, and profit margins. Many businesses have had to shut shop while others continue to ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Indo-Pacific vision
While an Indian maritime analyst is believed to have used the term as far back as the 1990s, "Indo-Pacific” is a fairly recent addition to the geopolitical lexicon. It has come into ... ( read original story ...)
Ship & Shore expands pollution-control business into India
"We have no geographic boundaries in our air." Ship & Shore Environmental chief Anoosheh Oskouian on why the Long Beach company is expanding into India. ( read original story ...)
Macau traffic shows improvement in November
Some good news arrives out of Macau for a change, with the airport likely to handle 33% more daily flights in November than it did in October, according to GGRAsia. ( read original story ...)
Cops probed over Macau scam, online gambling syndicates – IGP
The police will open an investigation paper (IP) on the alleged involvement of senior officers and policemen with individuals who are being detained in connection with the Macau Scam and online ... ( read original story ...)
Macau got 97 illicit bet, fraud sites down in 2020 says govt
A total of 97 websites allegedly related either to illicit gambling or fraud – some of them aimed at visitors to the Macau tourism market – were taken down in the first eight months of this year, ... ( read original story ...)
Some 9,000 HK residents living in Mainland and Macau expected to return under new quarantine exemption scheme
Some 9,000 Hong Kong residents living in mainland China and Macau have already registered to return to the neighbouring SAR next week ... ( read original story ...)