students

Retail Asia08/04/2024

Holding a high school diploma from Canada and a university degree in Chinese commerce language from China, Tat Dat has faced difficulties securing a fulfilling job upon his return to Vietnam. After moving back to his hometown of northern Quang Ninh province in 2022, it took him four months and over 20 job applications to […]

Retail Asia21/01/2022

Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Nvidia have entered a three-year partnership to collaborate in enhancing AI training for ITE students, through a jointly developed AI workforce readiness programme. This involves the establishment of an AI training facility at ITE College Central, which hosts Nvidia’s supercomputing platform. Called AiTE, it serves as a living lab […]

Retail Asia30/03/2021

After a serious data privacy scandal that happened on Facebook a few years ago, almost everybody knows about the security issues with this social network. Experts say that the company has a long track record of incidents that prove inadequate measures for users’ data protection. Repeated failures make many of us worried about the safety […]

Retail Asia20/12/2019

The acquisition aims to capitalize on the high demand for student housing in Australia, the third most popular country for international students. A joint venture comprising AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, Allianz and APG have agreed to acquire Urbanest, a portfolio of student accommodation properties in four major Australian cities, AXA IM – Real Assets announced in […]

Retail Asia18/04/2019

Swedish furniture and homewares retailer Ikea plans to launch furniture rental services in all of its main markets. The Ikea leasing strategy is twofold: firstly it addresses the budgetary constraints of customers who move frequently and cannot afford to replace furniture to suit their new space, and secondly to deliver on its sustainability promise by […]

Retail Asia26/05/2017

It seems like a win-win situation for Japanese companies looking for skilled employees in Vietnam. The number of Vietnamese studying in Japan grew more than 12-fold from 2010-2016 to around 54,000. They now account for nearly a quarter of international students in Japan, behind only Chinese students, who make up 41 percent but whose numbers […]

Retail Asia19/01/2017

Shopping, entertainment and leisure may be the three words synonymous with Hong Kong. However, those are no longer the only reasons for Indonesians to visit the region as it has become a destination to pursue higher education. Phillip Beh, chairman of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Undergraduate Admissions Committee told on Saturday that the […]

Retail Asia01/09/2016

A team of student entrepreneurs from Singapore have been crowned winners of the FedEx Express/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge (FedEx/JA ITC) Asia Pacific Finals in Hong Kong. Challenged to come up with an idea for a travel security product or service for the U.K., team Kung Fu Pandas – made up of Colin Chee and […]

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Vietnam’s overseas graduates face job-finding struggles at home

Singapore education institution and Nvidia launch AI training for students

Facebook and the very real problem of keeping student data private

AXA Consortium Nets Student Housing Portfolio

Ikea leasing program targets students and employees

Vietnamese students turn to Japan in hope of getting good jobs

University of Hong Kong sees increase in Indonesian student applications

Singapore students win FedEx challenge