Fitch Ratings said in a report last month that Singapore banks are poised to benefit from the rise in global interest rates as economic recovery continues across the lenders' key markets.
Finance

DBS, other ASEAN banks ride U.S. rate hikes to stronger earnings

Southeast Asia's largest banks expect higher returns from lending

5 August 2022
Telio is part of Vietnam's relatively new B2B e-commerce sector, which analysts say is attractive for investors as the nation is a key manufacturing hub. (Screenshot from Telio's website) 
DealStreetAsia

Vietnam B2B e-commerce startup Telio looks to raise as much as $60m

Company says it serves over 60,000 businesses in domestic market

5 August 2022
Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes signs shirts for fans at a preseason match in Bangkok. Replica shirts are big business for the world's most famous soccer clubs.
Sports

Soccer shirts in short supply as deliveries from Asia delayed

Fans left frustrated as Premier League season kicks off

4 August 2022
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Feeding Asia

Opinion: Reform the global food system to end famine

Three clear avenues for action that will limit the spread of the crisis

29 July 2022
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#techAsia

The myth of chip resilience and a homesick Alibaba

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

28 July 2022
Japan is trying to attract more Vietnamese workers to help alleviate the shortage of labor in the country. (Photo by Konosuke Urata) 
Japan immigration

Japan aims to slash charges Vietnamese trainees pay to brokers

JICA to launch website allowing interns to circumvent middlemen

28 July 2022
VinFast Global CEO Le Thi Thu Thuy poses with one of her company's electric SUVs at CES 2022 in Las Vegas during January.
Automobiles

Vietnam's Vingroup strikes tech deals to take EV business global

VinFast teams with Intel and battery developers, targeting 1m cars in 6 years

26 July 2022
The memorandum of understanding signed by Vietnam Airlines and Turkish Airlines may bring codesharing on passenger routes connecting Istanbul with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo courtesy of Vietnam Airlines)
Transportation

Vietnam, Turkey flag carriers explore codeshare deal

Agreement opens door to better connections from Vietnam to Africa and Middle East

22 July 2022
Plans call for MB Cambodia to offer services via a digital banking platform.
Finance

Vietnam's MB Bank to tap microfinance in Cambodia with Japan's Shinsei

Military-linked lender targets growing retail market in Mekong region

22 July 2022
Kamala Harris became the first-ever U.S. Vice President to visit Vietnam in August 2021, when she met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, in Hanoi.
The Big Story

Asia's odd couple: Vietnam and the U.S. find opposites attract

As China threat looms, Washington weighs up democracy with dominance in Pacific

20 July 2022
Coca-Cola advertisement in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Food & Beverage

Swire buys Coca-Cola bottlers in Vietnam, Cambodia for $1bn

Hong Kong-listed group expands bottling business into Southeast Asia

18 July 2022
TEPCO installs solar panels on the roofs of factories in Southeast Asia through a joint venture. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings)
Energy

Japan solar businesses vie for Southeast Asian rooftops

TEPCO and Eneos see opportunities in region dependent on fossil fuels

17 July 2022
Vietnam's VNG hopes to list on the Nasdaq later this year. (Source photos by Reuters and VNG Corporation website)
DealStreetAsia

First Vietnam unicorn VNG eyes Nasdaq debut, may offer 12.5%

Gaming startup-turned-tech conglomerate will use funds to expand overseas

15 July 2022
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Feeding Asia

Asia's agricultural revolution: planting a high-tech future

Population, inflation, climate stoke innovation to grow more with less

15 July 2022
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Washington on May 13: Chinh's penchant for control has put the brakes on needed reforms.
Opinion

Endemic corruption and policy impasses are holding Vietnam back

Further growth is contingent on reforms that are nowhere on the horizon

15 July 2022
A VinFast car on display in Ho Chi Minh City: The carmaking unit of conglomerate Vingroup aims to build an EV plant in the U.S. and list on the stock market there. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Automobiles

Vietnam's VinFast to raise $4bn to make EVs, batteries in U.S.

Deals with Credit Suisse, Citigroup come ahead of planned IPO

13 July 2022
Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport had suffered years of overcrowding prior to the pandemic.
Transportation

Ho Chi Minh airport to expand capacity to 45 million passengers

Vietnam's top hub will soon break ground on 3rd terminal

12 July 2022
Amazon Web Services is an early mover in seeking data-center customers in Vietnam. Local players account for less that 20% of the market but the Vietnamese government wants to increase this to 70%. (Source photo by Getty Images) 
Technology

Amazon woos cloud clients as Vietnam floats onshore data rules

AWS pause in Russia amid Ukraine war shows risk of offshore data centers: analysts

11 July 2022
Southeast Asia's education sector was overshadowed by COVID but has quickly returned to pre-pandemic demand levels.
DealStreetAsia

Navis Capital invests $110m in education portfolio, adds Thai asset

Southeast Asian private equity firm tapping demand for 'affordable education'

10 July 2022
Cambodia, which started vaccinating children aged 3 to 5 in February, leads Nikkei's COVID recovery index.
COVID-19 Recovery Index

Cambodia, Vietnam top COVID recovery index as Asia fears new waves

Cases on the rise again in Japan and Indonesia due to new subvariants

8 July 2022
As more Asians turned to the internet to conduct their daily lives during the pandemic, it was up to data centers to make sure everything ran smoothly.
Property

From Singapore to Japan, data centers come under investor scrutiny

JLL consultancy says much of industry is in the dark about how to cut emissions

8 July 2022
Vietjet is one of Asia's leading low-cost carriers.
Transportation

Vietjet starts service from Hanoi to Fukuoka and Nagoya

Vietnamese carrier will resume Danang-Tokyo flights in September

7 July 2022
The INS Shakti, a fleet replenishment tanker of the Indian Navy, is seen docked in Singapore during a 2018 visit. New Delhi has inked a military logistics deal with Vietnam as it tightens ties in Southeast Asia.
Indo-Pacific

India-Vietnam defense ties on upswing as both eye China

Countries aim to bolster South China Sea security with logistics pact

4 July 2022
Under a clause in Vietnam's new Cinema Law, foreign producers must give script summaries to the government in their applications to film locally.
Business Spotlight

Vietnam lures Hollywood crews but censorship hangs over film sector

One-party state's Cinema Law bans 'reactionary ideas and social evils'

1 July 2022
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#techAsia

Vietnam's split personality and South Korea's thorny path to decoupling

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

30 June 2022