by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 30, 2022 | Linkss, ASEAN, Economy, News, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
Vietnam’s economy grew by 8% this year. According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO), this is the biggest rise since 2011. Manufacturing, construction, and processing were major economic drivers at 8.1%, contributing over 38% to the total GDP. The...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 9, 2022 | ASEAN, Business, Economy, News, Southeast Asia
Salaries in Southeast Asia are expected to increase slightly for 2023 compared to 2022, a study by Aon plc says. Inflation has been playing a significant role in how salaries look across the region. But they have also been driven by supply and demand in the talent...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 27, 2022 | Business, ASEAN, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Visions
It’s been an unexpected and very peculiar year in Vietnam. In 2022 the stock market of Asia’s fastest-growing, most competitive, and the least-indebted country faced a total crash. In a year of excellent earnings growth, the Vietnam stock market has plummeted...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 17, 2022 | ASEAN, Business, Economy, News, Southeast Asia
At the G20 Summit in Bali, the central banks of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand entered a memorandum of understanding to start using QR codes for international payments between the five countries, without the need to use the US dollar....
by VF | Sep 7, 2022 | Visions, Business, Technology
Asian Insiders is an alliance of specialist advisory agencies offering market entry and development support for western businesses in Asia. This coalition is made of long-standing successful specialists in most Asian territories, each agency having its own team of...