Submitted by Eleven on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 13:57
KUALA LUMPUR: Total tourist arrivals to Malaysia this year could jump by over 4% on-year after airline bookings from China to Malaysia surged 72% on-year from March 16 to Aug 31, 2017.
Submitted by Eleven on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 09:40
[Viet Nam News/Asia News Network] Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Berhad plans to start a low-cost carrier in Việt Nam, co-operating with local businesses to enter the country’s booming travel market, company representatives told Việt Nam News.
AirAsia signed a shareholders’ agreement with Việt Nam’s Gumin Company Limited, Hải Âu Aviation Joint Stock Company and Trần Trọng Kiên, the owner of these two companies, to form the venture last Friday, which the airline announced in a statement to Malaysia’s stock exchange.
Submitted by Eleven on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 21:12
[The Straitstimes/Asia News Network] A designer threatened to post nude photographs of a woman he befriended online, and had never met, when she ended all contact and ignored him, a district court heard.
About seven months later, Mohamed Hirwandie Mohd Hashim stumbled on the 21-year-old's online profile on Facebook.
The 30-year-old created a Facebook account under his previous moniker John Teo, and tried to add the victim as a friend.
Submitted by Eleven on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 20:35
The Korea Herald/Asia News Network) National University of Singapore has retained its title as Asia’s best university for the second year in a row, according to the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2017.
Peking University maintained its second-place ranking and Tsinghua University was ranked third. Both of them are located in Beijing.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ranked eighth, followed by Seoul National University and Pohang University of Science and Technology.
Submitted by Eleven on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 12:24
Bangkok (ANN News Desk) - US President Donald Trump's executive order on what he describes as trade "cheaters" has many countries in Asia scratching their heads and questioning US policy in the region.
Trump signed an order late last week that he promises will stop "foreign importers that cheat." Under the executive order, countries with large trade imbalances with the United States will be closely scrutinized for a 90 day period while the administration holds talks with manufacturers, service providers, farmers and consumers to identify ongoing problems.
Submitted by Eleven on Tue, 04/04/2017 - 09:37
Viet Nam News HCM CITY -There is a huge opportunity for Vietnamese firms to invest in agriculture in their countries and export agricultural produce to other markets, Cambodian and Myanmarese officials have said.
Submitted by Eleven on Sun, 04/02/2017 - 08:22
THAILAND will be among 16 countries to be targeted by the Donald Trump administration in its attempt to narrow the United States’ massive trade imbalances.
US President Trump has signed two executive orders directing his administration to review the country’s trade deficits and clamp down on countries that abuse trade rules. He said the new executive orders signed on Friday (yesterday Thailand time) would start a new chapter for American workers and businesses.
