by VF | Apr 29, 2022 | Linkss, ASEAN, Asia, Business, Travel
International airline bookings to Southeast Asia reached 38% of pre-pandemic levels by late March, according to travel firm ForwardKeys. They were at less than 10% of 2019 levels at the start of the year. Singapore and the Philippines lead a sharp uptick in bookings....
by VF | Apr 19, 2022 | ASEAN, Asia, Business, Entertainment, Lifestyle
TikTok’s recommendation algorithm was selected as one of the top 100 global breakthrough technologies by MIT Technology Review in 2021. This shows why TikTok has gained fast adoption amongst users, says Manas Sabnis, head of brand strategy for Southeast Asia and...
by VF | Apr 14, 2022 | Linkss, ASEAN, Business, Lifestyle, News
Siam Makro will open two more Makro shopping malls in Cambodia. Currently, Siam Makro owns one shopping mall in Phnom Penh and another in Krong Siem Reap, according to the foreign trade promotion office at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. Cambodia’s economy is...
by VF | Apr 12, 2022 | ASEAN, Culture, Lifestyle, Travel
Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year festival. It is a celebration that embraces goodwill, love, compassion. and thankfulness, using water as the means of expression. The word Songkran derives from Sanskrit and means to move or step forward. Songkran takes place...
by VF | Feb 25, 2022 | ASEAN, Asia, Health, Technology
Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Serbia will also receive support from the hub in South Africa to develop messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines, the WHO says. “Those countries were vetted by a group of experts and proved that they could absorb the technology...
by VF | Jan 12, 2022 | ASEAN, Asia, Health, News
Underreporting and extensive social lockdowns could explain why many Southeast Asian countries have recorded fewer cases of dengue fever in 2021 than previous years, experts say. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that several countries are...
