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Vietnam: VINFAST AND E.ON DRIVE COOPERATE

HANOI/FRANKFURT – VinFast, Vietnam’s first global manufacturer of battery-powered electric vehicles and E.ON Drive, the eMobility specialist of one of …

Asia: The world’s most, and least, affordable cities

SINGAPORE – No other region in the world is as diverse as Asia. Its regimes range from autocratic to democratic. Some …

Thailand plans to impose tourist fee from April

BANGKOK – Thailand is planning to collect a 300 baht ($9) fee from foreign tourist from April to develop attractions …

Thai economy to take 0.3% hit from Omicron

BANGKOK – Thailand’s economy will take a 0.3% hit from an outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, although it …

ASEAN: A new phase of integration and connectivity ?

HONG KONG – For more than a decade, a cornerstone of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) policy has been an incremental push to establish …