Learn from this unprecedented crisis we are facing

Slowdown in investment growth

MALAYSIA needs to review its existing investment policies amid a rapidly-evolving environment to attract quality investments if it wants to successfully transition itself into a high-income nation.

Invest KL: Business reform to be the norm

KUALA LUMPUR: Invest KL Corp said the current investment and economic climate is “certainly not business as usual, not when companies tell employees to go on leave or take a pay cut”.

It’s important to portray image of calm and stability

From ADRIAN LOOI of Subang Jaya.

Tall order for Tengku Zafrul

IT goes without saying that the pressure is on for ex-banker and now Finance Minister (FM) Tengku Datuk Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (pic), who on his first day of office said that the focus is “on the immediate challenges ahead economically”.

Quality leaders, please

PETALING JAYA: With all eyes on who will make it into Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s Cabinet, the business sector and moderation advocates are urging for quality over political loyalty.

FDI inflow to Vietnam plunges in two months

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Vietnam saw a strong decline of 24 per cent year-on-year to nearly US$6.47 billion in the first two months of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Vietnam saw a strong decline of 24 per cent year-on-year to nearly US$6.47 billion in the first two months of this year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

Is Malaysia’s RM7bil response to Covid-19 good enough?

Two Vietnam state-owned banks allowed to increase charter capital

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The Government has decided to allow Vietcombank and Vietinbank to increase their charter capital by VNĐ10 trillion (US$434.8 million) in the first quarter of this year, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said last month.

Not all gloom and doom in virus outbreak

Covid-19 is causing economic damage to China, but experts believe it will emerge stronger economically when the epidemic is overcome. They are also confident that troubled Asean countries can come out of the doldrums.