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India Taxi
General
1 min read

Taxi firms eye fare surge amid gasoline price hike

Taxi firms expect to increase their fares as gasoline prices hit an all-time high. Nguyen Cong Hung, Chairman of the Hanoi Taxi Association, said taxi firms planned to increase fares by 5-8 percent, or VND500-800 per kilometer ($1 ≈ VND22,800). The gasoline…

startup hub
Living
1 min read

Manufacturing, IT firms rush to recruit workers

Manufacturing and tech companies are rushing to recruit workers as foreign companies show rising interest in setting up or expanding their factories in Vietnam. Electronics manufacturer Jabil Vietnam is recruiting 500 workers in Ho chi Minh City, with a bonus…

flight centre
Living
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Flight Centre buys two New Zealand travel firms

ASX-listed Flight Centre Travel Group will buy two local travel firms for an undisclosed sum, expanding its footprint in New Zealand and making it one of the country’s biggest travel management groups. The Brisbane-based company on Monday said it had agreed…

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Finance
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Financial firms in Taiwan, Indonesia urged to open outlets after MOU

Taipei, March 12 (CNA) Taiwan’s top financial supervisor, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), has urged financial institutions in Taiwan and Indonesia to open outlets in each other’s country after they signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) to…

Singapore
General
2 min read

Singapore firms capitalise on opportunity in China market

China’s economic growth may have been at its weakest rate in a quarter of a century last year, but some Singaporean firms with operations there are finding pockets of opportunity as the world’s No 2 economy matures from one based on industry to one fuelled by…