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  May 14, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 13 minutes
  

  COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Outs in ASEAN & Asia – Live Updates by Country

  We will be operating this article as a running live update service to keep businesses in the ASEAN region informed with regards to the coronavirus.
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  May 13, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 3 minutes
  

  Indonesia’s Omnibus Law: The New Unemployment Benefit Program

  Indonesia’s GR 37/2021 introduces the country’s first ever unemployment benefit program, which provides cash stipends and training to the unemployed.
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  May 12, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 3 minutes
  

  Singapore’s EDB Launches S$10 Million Corporate Venture Launchpad

  Singapore’s Corporate Venture Launchpad will run for one year and enable eligible corporates to launch investible new ventures within six months.
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  May 11, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 3 minutes
  

  Optimizing Investments in Vietnam’s Conditional Sectors

  Vietnam’s conditional sectors represent a number of opportunities for investors looking to tap into this market segment.
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  May 10, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 5 minutes
  

  Bersama Malaysia: Microsoft Commits US$1 Billion Investment to Establish Data Center in Malaysia

  Microsoft is establishing its first data center in Malaysia, which is expected to create 19,000 jobs and generate US$4.6 billion in revenue for the country.
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  May 7, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  Personal Income Tax in Vietnam: Exemptions and Reductions

  Vietnam’s Law on Personal Income Tax recognizes different categories of income, with a host of deductions, and tax rates, applying to each of them.
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  May 6, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  Vietnam and Canada Trade: Leveraging the CPTPP

  Vietnam-Canada trade relations reached almost US$9 billion in 2020, an all-time high, thanks in part to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
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  May 5, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 3 minutes
  

  Singapore and Thailand Launch Integrated Real Time Payment Systems

  Singapore and Thailand launched the world’s first linkage of real-time payment systems, which will facilitate faster and cheaper cross-border transfers.
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  May 4, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  Minimum Wages in ASEAN for 2021

  Due to the pandemic, many ASEAN members did not raise their minimum wages or did not raise them significantly.
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  May 3, 2021 by ASEAN Briefing Reading Time: 4 minutes
  

  Vietnam to Start Regulating Cryptocurrencies

  While cryptocurrency trading and use are booming globally in terms of popularity, the Vietnamese legislation makes no reference to such transactions.