HANOI: Hanoi has set several ambitious targets for next year as the capital city aims to maintain growth. The city is targeting growth in the industrial sector by 7%-7.5%, service by 6.64%-7.23%, construction by 8%-8.5%, investment capital by 10%-11.5% and export turnover by 4%-5%, with per capita gross regional domestic …

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians are not too fired up about fire safety at home, according to the data – over 90% of households in the country don’t have a fire extinguisher. Only 8.9% of homes nationwide are equipped with the safety device, which is often the first line of defence against …

PETALING JAYA: So-called “friends” suggesting a quick way to obtain cash by lending your bank cards or accounts to unknown individuals might be tempting you to become accomplices of scam syndicates. According to cybersecurity expert Fong Choong Fook, founder and CEO of LGMS, syndicates frequently employ such tactics to coax …

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia look set to unleash a “new weapon” at the 2023 Asian Cup Finals next month after Kuala Lumpur player Romel Morales was called up to join the national team’s centralised training camp starting on Dec 26. The 26-year-old is the latest naturalised player and one of the …

BENGALURU: Oil prices rose more than a dollar a barrel on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s gains after attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants on ships in the Red Sea disrupted maritime trade and forced more companies to reroute vessels. Brent crude futures rose US$1.28, or 1.6%, to settle at …

SCUPPER drains surrounding a commercial project in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, which were inadvertently covered by contractors during construction, have been repaired and reopened. The developer of the project on Jalan Maarof has also restored the road around the site and removed hoardings and barriers that encroached into public roads as …

KUALA LUMPUR: The rising trend of “flight-to-quality” and “flight-to-green” augurs well for newer premium office buildings in Asia-Pacific as companies seek quality workspaces to attract top talent. “With 80% of buildings in Asia-Pacific aged 40 years or younger, the nascent office market offers an opportunity to build cutting-edge office buildings …

THE northern hemisphere experienced its warmest October and November in records dating back to the 1880s – pushing the gas market into a large surplus and triggering a slump in prices. Northern hemisphere land temperatures were 2.61°C above the long-term seasonal average in October and 3.04°C above the seasonal average …

SINGAPORE: Remittance companies here have been directed to suspend the use of non-bank and non-card channels when providing individuals with cross-border money transfer services to China for the next three months, Singapore’s central bank says. This comes after the police said it had received more than 670 reports of remittances …