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 VF | Nov 1, 2022 | Technology, Lifestyle, Visions
Headquartered at Fiskars Campus in Finland’s capital Helsinki, Fiskars Group is the global home of design-driven brands for indoor and outdoor living. With a presence in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, its products are available in more than 100 countries, and...
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...
by VF | Dec 15, 2021 | Asia, Technology, Visions
Robots are taking over! According to the 2021 World Robot Statistics, the number of robots in manufacturing has nearly doubled during the last five years. Asian countries occupy three top spots in the ranking. South Korea, Singapore, and Japan lead the race to replace...
by VF | Dec 7, 2021 | ASEAN, Asia, Business, News, Visions
In the late 19th Century, France and Great Britain had Siam surrounded from Burma (Myanmar) to the West and French Indochina to the West (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam). To the south was British Malaya (Malaysia). An eleven-week war with France in 1893 and considerable...
by VF | Dec 5, 2021 | Environment, Finland, Technology, Visions
The Finnish technology sector is looking at its carbon handprint. Instead of carbon footprint, which refers to greenhouse gas emissions caused by a product, the term “carbon handprint” refers to the positive environmental impact a product makes throughout its...