The Vietnamese government has approved a national digital transformation programme, aiming to have digital economy account for 20 per cent of the country's GDP by 2025 and make 5G mobile network ... ( read original story ...)
Philippine Stocks in Best Run Since 1998 Are Asia’s Highlight
Philippine stocks climbed the most in Asia, rounding their best seven-day rally in more than two decades, on optimism the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak won’t be as bad as feared after ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Firm Bids $535 Million for Australia’s Infigen Energy
If successful, UAC would acquire seven wind farms and a 600-megawatt pipeline of projects which Infigen recently deferred to save money amid falling wholesale power prices, COVID- ... ( read original story ...)
ECC approves firing all Pakistan Steel Mill employees
The PTI led federal government on Wednesday decided to terminate all 9,350 employees of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), taking a giant but politically difficult step to stop years long hemorrhaging ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia delays diaspora bond sale to November due to pandemic
Indonesia has delayed its first offering of 'diaspora bonds' until November because coronavirus lockdowns are making it hard to gauge demand, a finance ministry official said on Thursday. JAKARTA, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong outlaws insult or abuse of China’s national anthem
Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a contentious bill that makes it illegal to insult the Chinese national anthem. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Draws Up Plan to Woo $1.3 Billion of Annual Tech Research
Taiwan is dangling incentives to attract more than NT$40 billion ($1.3 billion) of annual investments in research and technology, creating a seven-year blueprint to safeguard the island’s lead in ... ( read original story ...)
What does the future of Maldives tourism look like?
Located in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean, The Maldives over the years has transformed itself to one of the world’s leading tourism destinations, with its clear waters, pleasant climate and ... ( read original story ...)
New online services unveiled to streamline business operations in Bahrain
MANAMA: Even as some logistics business owners say documentation and shipment clearing is plagued by delays, Bahrain’s Port and Maritime Affairs within the Transportation and Telecommunications ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait Doesn’t Want To Be An Expat-Majority Nation Anymore
Kuwait's Prime Minister has said the country's expatriate population should be more than halved to 30% of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in oil prices send shudders through Gulf ... ( read original story ...)