by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 20, 2024 | ASEAN, AI, Business, Innovation, News, Reports, Southeast Asia, Technology, Visions
Recently published “Asia Pacific Tech Spend Forecast” expects tech spending in the region to remain robust and grow by a compounded annual growth rate of 6.4% to 7.4% annually, reaching US$876 billion in 2027. Over the next few years, software spending would continue...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 19, 2024 | Malaysia, News, Southeast Asia, Trade, Visions
Malaysia will soon begin formal procedures to join the intergovernmental organization BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “We have made the appropriate decision. We will launch the formal...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 12, 2024 | Business, China, Digitalization, Finland, Technology, Vietnam, Visions
Foxconn will produce 5G AirScale equipment for Nokia at the former’s factory in Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang, Vietnamese state media reports. Production is scheduled to begin in July, according to Dau Tu newspaper, which is run by the Ministry...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 5, 2024 | Cambodia, Business, Education, Finland, News, Trade, Visions
In a farewell call with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on 4 June at the Peace Palace, outgoing Finnish Ambassador to Cambodia Jyri Järviaho informed the premier that, during his four-year diplomatic mission in Cambodia, he had witnessed the strengthening and...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 1, 2024 | Korea, Investment, News, Space, Technology, Visions
South Korea will send the first lunar rover by 2032 and plant the first Korean flag on Mars by 2045, according to President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon says these goals would be part of the so-called “Space Gwanggaeto Project,” named after King Gwanggaeto the Great who ruled...
by Teuvo Tuomi | May 29, 2024 | Business, Economy, News, Society, Thailand, Visions
Raising the daily minimum wage to 400 baht is one of the flagship policies of the current Thai government, vowing to deliver this policy by this October. However, several organizations have been worried about the negative impacts of this move. In an interview with...
