5G networks
Thailand leads ASEAN in 5G rollout due to pandemic
Top operator AIS ready to invest up to $1.2bn for network expansion this year
Vietnam
Opinion
US-China decoupling is much harder than Donald Trump thinks
Despite threats and incentives, companies like Chinese manufacturing
Coronavirus
Vietnam looks to call end to coronavirus as Assembly nears
Hanoi to lure post-virus business by amending enterprise and investment laws
Transportation
China to US airfreight prices spike as coronavirus hits
Rates from Shanghai four times higher due to lower capacity
Opinion
China wants to know if you are with it or against it
Beijing has divided world with coronavirus policies, making countries take sides
Startups
South Korea's Smilegate leads funding round for Vietnam's Sapo
Multichannel sales startup looks to grow Southeast Asian operations
Coronavirus
Thailand follows Vietnam with no new coronavirus cases
Bangkok moves cautiously toward easing soft lockdown
Coronavirus
Virus testing gap proves critical in Southeast Asia and India
Vietnam's success credited to early action, as cases rise in laggard Indonesia
Economy
Vietnam central bank to cut policy rates Wednesday to boost growth
Second reductions in less than two months 'to overcome difficulties' of COVID-19
Economy
Vietnam vows 5% growth in post-outbreak foreign investment pitch
Prime minister calls on South Korea, Japan, US and Europe at business conference
Opinion
COVID-19 will not slow Southeast Asia's shift from coal to renewables
Japan, China and South Korea must support move to cleaner energy
Engineering & Construction
Japanese builder's methods mean faster, cheaper bridges in Asia
Kochi Marutaka puts up infrastructure in mountainous areas, drawing limelight
Education
Japan's foreign students struggle to stay and study amid pandemic
Vanishing part-time jobs upends government strategy to recruit young talent
International relations
Vietnam protests Beijing's 'unilateral fishing ban' in South China Sea
Two nations have been embroiled in dispute over energy-rich sea
Technology
Apple to produce millions of AirPods in Vietnam amid pandemic
US tech giant hastens shift away from China
Finance
ASEAN banks prepare for flood of bad loans amid coronavirus havoc
DBS and Siam Commercial ramp up provisions as economic outlook deteriorates
Startups
Vietnamese e-commerce company Leflair files for bankruptcy
Liquidator to be appointed; co-founders recently joined fashion retailer Maison
Opinion
Vietnam must turn coronavirus success into economic growth
Country has acquired financial and political capital in US-China trade war too
Coronavirus
Hanoi mobilizes Vingroup to make ventilators ahead of next virus wave
Vietnam asks local manufacturers to venture into medical market
Coronavirus
Thailand reopens restaurants and golf courses from May 3
Bangkok to ease coronavirus restrictions in four phases but extends alcohol sales ban
