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Retail Asia02/12/2021

Launched amid the Covid-19 pandemic, GoCar is one of two big products Gojek planned to introduce this year to complete its golden triangle in Vietnam, including transportation, food delivery and payment. Phung Tuan Duc, Gojek Vietnam GM shared stories behind the launch of car service during the Nguy – Co talk show hosted by Thai […]

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Retail Asia08/02/2019

Emirates, the world’s biggest long-haul airline, may feed its appetite for new pilots with recruits from ailing neighbor Etihad Airways and cash-strapped discounter Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, according to an internal memo from the Gulf carrier. Hong Kong Airlines has also contacted Dubai-based Emirates about opportunities to temporarily transfer some cockpit crew, according to the […]

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Retail Asia14/01/2019

The Tan Son Nhat Airport could get a third terminal and other facilities at the cost of over $496 million. The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), which manages and operates civil airports in the country, has submitted to the Ministry of Transport a pre-feasibility report on the construction of a third terminal (T3) at HCMC-based Tan […]

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Retail Asia03/01/2019

FastGo, Vietnam’s first ride-hailing service, has kicked off operations in Myanmar as part of its Southeast Asia expansion plans. Its joint venture with Myanmarese conglomerate Asia Sun Group began offering services on December 28. CEO Nguyen Huu Tuat said at the launch that Myanmar is a promising market with the e-commerce, travel and retail sectors […]

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Retail Asia28/12/2018

Vietnam’s bullet train will cut travel time between Hanoi and Saigon to five hours from the current 24. The railway project management board has submitted a pre-feasibility study to the Ministry of Transport, which quotes transport consultants’ estimate that if the train travels at 320 km/h, its running time would be from 5 hours 17 […]

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Retail Asia27/12/2018

Korea’s air passenger traffic reached a new record for November on the back of the rise in the number of Chinese tourists and increased overseas travel demand, government data showed Tuesday. The number of air passengers came to 9.57 million last month, up 5.6 percent from a year earlier, making it a new record for […]

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Retail Asia27/12/2018

Grab’s surprise offer to buy a $2.78-million stake in top taxi company Vinasun has failed, with the latter asking to end negotiations. The negotiations between the two firms began earlier this month for compensation claimed by Vinasun from the Malaysian ride-hailing firm after the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City yet again adjourned hearing of a […]

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Retail Asia27/12/2018

Vietnam is set to complete four infrastructure projects next year, some of them after long delays lasting several years. Hanoi’s first metro line The 13-kilometer Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line is expected to open commercial operations before the Tet Lunar New Year holiday starting February 2, 2019. All 13 trains on the route are being […]

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Retail Asia26/12/2018

AirAsia Group Bhd is disposing of its entire stake in Merah Aviation Asset Holding Ltd to AS Air Lease Holdings 5T DAC for US$768 million (RM3.22 billion). AS Air Lease is indirectly owned by Castlelake LP, a US-based global private investment firm and leader in aircraft ownership and servicing. AirAsia told Bura Malaysia that its […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2018

Vietjet continues to solidify its presence in Vietnam this holiday season with the announcement of its newest route connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Van Don (Quang Ninh Province). Bridging the gap between Vietnam’s largest city and the attractive island district in Quang Ninh Province, the new route will serve to meet the growing travel […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2018

Against a backdrop of a challenging economy and falling profitability in corporate Malaysia, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) won a major Malaysian award last week, topping billion ringgit companies for giving its shareholders the best three-year returns in its class. MAHB’s net profit more than tripled in 2017 to RM237 million from RM73 million in […]

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Retail Asia18/12/2018

Kakao Mobility announced las week that it would postpone the official launch of its carpooling service after a week of fierce protests from the local taxi industry. The Kakao affiliate started offering a beta version of the service last Friday that was made available to a randomly selected pool of users nationwide. On the same […]

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Retail Asia13/12/2018

Hyundai Motor Group said it will invest 7.6 trillion won ($6.7 billion) in fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV) by 2030, betting big on hydrogen as the energy source for the future. The group announced what it called its “FCEV Vision 2030” on Tuesday, promising to build production capacity of 500,000 FCEVs yearly by 2030 to take […]

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Retail Asia12/12/2018

Three Hanoi operators have banded together to create the largest taxi business in the capital and compete with Grab. The union, named G7 Taxi, has been able to undercut the fares of Grab, at least over short distances, and it may be looking to bring still more players into its group. G7 was formed in […]

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Retail Asia11/12/2018

Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek kicked off a trial launch in parts of Singapore on Thursday and plans to roll out an array of services through its app in early 2019, challenging dominant player Grab in the small city-state. Both Go-Jek and Grab are raising billions of dollars and investing aggressively in the race to corner […]

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Retail Asia20/11/2018

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has appointed Philip See as the new CEO of Firefly, effective Jan 1, 2019. Philip will replace Ignatius Ong who joined Malaysia Airlines as group chief revenue officer in June 2018. Ignatius has been double-hatting as CEO of Firefly and group chief revenue officer. Philip, whose appointment was announced internally earlier, […]

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Retail Asia15/11/2018

In an apparent u-turn, transport giant Tracodi has approved divestment of its 30 percent stake in Vinataxi. Just months after saying it intends to increase its stake in Vinataxi, renew its fleet and install driver software, the Transport and Industry Development Investment Corporation (Tracodi) has decided to pull out. Tracodi has authorized Nguyen Thanh Hung, […]

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Retail Asia12/11/2018

Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors will jointly invest $250 million into the world’s third-largest ride-hailing operator Grab, eyeing shared mobility services as a way to overcome faltering car sales, the companies said Wednesday. Hyundai has already injected $25 million into Grab in January, so total investment on the Singapore-based company adds up to $275 million. […]

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Retail Asia30/08/2018

Vietnam’s north-south high-speed railway is expected to cost $58 billion, according to a feasibility report released at a meeting Tuesday. The 1,545-kilometer route from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City will have double standard-gauge tracks of 1.435-m width and 23 stations, according to a consultancy consortium comprising Vietnamese firms TEDI, TRICC and TEDIS. It will […]

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Retail Asia23/11/2017

Vietnam’s aviation agency has proposed a plan to upgrade three international airports near popular tourist destinations Ha Long, Hoi An and Hue over the next three years. The project is expected to cost VND23.3 trillion (more than $1 billion) and includes new passenger and cargo terminals, buildings and runway upgrades, the Civil Aviation Authority of […]

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