Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Vietnam
Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday as the U.S. tech giant looks to boost sales in new markets. Cook will meet with Apple users, developers and …
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Opinion | As supply chains shift away from China, others get their own economic miracles
As global supply chains divide and expand out of China, including for geopolitical reasons, other countries are taking on a bigger role in supply chains linked to China. Chinese companies …
Thailand sees Philippines’ gambling billions, Singapore’s resorts – and rolls the dice on casinos in hopes of cashing in
That appears certain to change, however, as the Thai government wagers on legalised casinos to bring in a windfall of tourism, jobs and taxes. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is in …
Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to death in fraud case
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (C) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on April 11, 2024. A top Vietnamese property tycoon could face the death …
Vietnam property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death in whopping $27 billion fraud case
Ho Chi Minh City — A top Vietnamese property tycoon was sentenced to death on Thursday in one of the biggest corruption cases in history, with an estimated $27 billion in …
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death in US$12.5 billion fraud case
Lan’s husband Eric Chu was on Thursday sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for violating banking regulations, according to state media, with scores more defendants still awaiting their sentences. Communist-run Vietnam …
243 million children in Asia at risk from ‘lethal threat’ of heatwaves: UN
Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at risk, the UN warned on Thursday, calling for action to protect vulnerable people from the soaring …
US, Vietnam fear China-backed Techo Funan Canal in Cambodia could be used for military purposes
“The Cambodian people – along with people in neighbouring countries and the broader region – would benefit from transparency on any major undertaking with potential implications for regional water management, …
Southeast Asia still doesn’t ‘know India’, survey shows, as New Delhi urged to boost engagement with region
Only 0.4 per cent of respondents saw India as the most political and strategic influence in Southeast Asia, while only 0.6 per cent were confident of Delhi’s leadership in maintaining …
Work to start on 2 Vietnam-China high-speed railways by 2030, Hanoi says
Vietnam aims to start building two high-speed railway lines linking its capital Hanoi with China before 2030, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said, another sign of a recent warming …