Vietnam has culled more 100,000 poultry so far this year in a bid to contain the spread of bird flu in the Southeast Asian country, the government said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
LG Display raises investment at Vietnam factory by $750 million to $3.25 billion: media
Vietnam has awarded a licence to South Korea's LG Display Co. to raise its investment in the country's northern port city of Haiphong by $750 million to $3.25 billion, local media reported on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam reports 49 more COVID-19 cases, most in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam reported 49 more COVID-19 cases on Monday, most in the economic hub Ho Chi Minh City. This raised total infections to 2,050, including 1,160 locally transmitted infections and the rest ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines sets ambitious target of generating 2.4–2.8M jobs in 2021
The Philippines has set an ambitious target of adding some 2.4 to 2.8 million jobs this year under the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS), in an effort to address the 4.5 million jobless ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Japan banking regulator conducting survey on regional economies, sources say
Japan's banking regulator is surveying regional lenders to gauge how new curbs imposed in January to contain COVID-19 are affecting regional economies, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Topix stock index closes at highest level since 1991
Japan’s benchmark stock barometer has closed at its highest level in 30 years, boosted by a softer yen, US stimulus hopes and a “short squeeze” sparked by investors trimming their bets against the ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Japan bank regulator surveying impact of coronavirus restrictions on local economies – sources
Japan's banking regulator is surveying regional lenders on how local businesses are coping with new restrictions to contain COVID-19, as it seeks to forestall a spike in bankruptcies, four sources ... ( read original story ...)
Profit at Japan’s SoftBank zooms on lucrative investments
Japanese telecommunications and technology conglomerate Softbank Group Corp. reported Monday a whopping 1.17 trillion yen ($11 billion) profit for the October-December quarter as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Martian moon mission may reveal clues to Mars’ past
Phobos, one of the Martian moons, may actually hold key information about what Mars was like in the past, according to new research, because it was right in the path of the Martian atmosphere as it ... ( read original story ...)
Consumption in Japan remains ‘very weak,’ says professor
Sayuri Shirai of Keio University says Japan's exporters are counting on China's continued growth at the moment. ( read original story ...)