MACAU SAR – EQS Newswire – 8 February 2024 – AGTech Holdings Limited (8279.HK, hereinafter referred to as “AGTech”) announced on February 8, 2024, that it would acquire existing shares and subscribe new shares of Ant Bank (Macao) Limited (“Ant Bank (Macao)”), thus increasing its stake to 51.5% for a total consideration of MOP243 million (collectively, the “Transaction”), subject to regulatory approval. SGM (special general meeting) will be held to consider and approve the resolutions in relation to the Transaction and the potential continuing connected transactions. The completion of the Transaction is conditional upon certain conditions precedent. Once the Transaction is completed, Ant Bank (Macao) will become an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of AGTech, and its financial statements will be consolidated into the Group’s financial statements.
AGTech believes that the Transaction aligns with the Group’s strategy to support the digital transformation of financial services in Macau and the Greater Bay Area by strengthening its infrastructure and platforms, aiming to become a modern fintech and innovation group in Macau and the Greater Bay Area in the PRC.
The Transaction will enhance synergy between AGTech’s electronic payment services in Macau and digital banking services of Ant Bank (Macao), connecting scenarios and resources of the ecosystem with payment plus inclusive finance to meet the consumption and financing needs of Macau residents and small and medium-sized merchants (“SMEs”). Through the synergies with Alibaba Group and Ant Group’s ecological resources and AGTech’s various business units in life services, cultural entertainment and e-commerce, combined with Macau’s leisure and tourism features, the Group aims to create distinctive cross-border financial services to attract more cross-border tourists (who are eligible to receive such services) to visit Macau, thus supporting the economic growth of Macau, and further diversifying and expanding the Group’s revenue sources.
Ant Bank (Macao) is a company incorporated under the laws of Macau with limited liability. It is principally engaged in digital banking services and mobile payment including financial banking services mainly for Macau residents and SMEs such as deposits and loans, and cross-border remittance services.
By completing the Transaction, AGTech’s business scope will expand from digital payment services and digital local consumer services to digital financial services.
After the Transaction, Ant Bank (Macao) and Ant Group will continue their cooperation under the framework agreement in various business areas, including resources sharing services, remittance and settlement services, technical services, transfer of creditors’ rights and related services, deposit services, marketing services and loan services.
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First-Of-Its-Kind Partnership Harnessing the Opportunities Arising from the Tightening Economic Ties Between China and The Middle East
HONG KONG SAR & DUBAI, UAE – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 February 2024 – Raffles Family Office (“RFO“), theprivate office of His Highness Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum(“HH Private Office“), a member of a ruling Royal Family of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), and National Cooperation New EnergyLtd (“NCNE“) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU“) that aims at fostering the advancement of Dubai’s renewable energy infrastructure. The trilateral MoU is a first-of-its-kind partnership which joins forces of APAC’s leading multi-family office, a ruling royal family of Dubai and a leading EV infrastructure company. This significant collaboration underscores a commitment to harnessing the opportunities arising from the tightening economic ties between China and the Middle East.
The Memorandum was signed by (from right): Chi-man Kwan, Group CEO and Co-founder of Raffles Family Office, Liu Yang, Chairman and CEO of National Cooperation New Energy, and His Highness Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum.
Chi-man Kwan, Group CEO and Co-founder of Raffles Family Office, remarked, “This MoU signifies RFO’s strategic entry into the Middle East, aligning with the intensifying economic relations between China and the GCC region. This initiative is a testament to RFO’s commitment to its impact investing mandate, honed over dedicated focus over the past years. The partnership with the HH Private Office and NCNE is instrumental for RFO to leverage the significant potential within the region’s energy transition, specifically targeting renewable infrastructure projects. This collaboration marks a crucial step in RFO’s regional exploration and market penetration efforts, setting a new benchmark in its business development trajectory.”
As the U.A.E. pursues its commitment to an energy transition, it sets a target of having 50% electric and hybrid cars on the roads by 2050, as pledged at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28). The U.A.E.is actively working towards installing 10,000 EV charging stations by 2030, a substantial increase from the 914 stations available in 2023.
The Private Office of His Highness Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum said, “We are pleased to establish partnership with RFO, the largest multi-family office in APAC, and NCEC, a leading player in the renewable energy industry. Our vision aligns seamlessly with the objectives of Raffles Family Office and National Cooperation New Energy. We are particularly enthusiastic about collaborating in strategic investment and development between China and Dubai, specifically focusing on renewable infrastructure.”
Liu Yang, Chairman and CEO of National Cooperation New Energy, said, “NCNE has consistently led the way in advancing renewable energy technologies. Our enthusiasm for this partnership with RFO stems from a shared vision to introduce our state-of-the-art solutions to the Middle East. With the strategic support of the HH Private Office, we find ourselves in an advantageous position to make a significant contribution to the region’s energy transition. This collaboration not only aligns with our commitment to sustainable development but also represents a pivotal opportunity to drive meaningful change in the energy sector.”
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About the Private Office of His Highness Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum
His Highness Sheikh Ali Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum’s Private Office is pivotal in promoting economic growth and sustainability in Dubai and the UAE, through strategic partnerships and leveraging local networks. It also supports international projects by extending its patronage, like the World Impact Center initiative from Switzerland, highlighting its commitment to global sustainability alongside local development. This approach underscores the office’s role in fostering economic development and contributing to global sustainability and investment conversations.
About National Cooperation New Energy Ltd
National Cooperation New Energy Ltd is a leading technology company specializing in new energy infrastructure construction. The Company is committed to delivering innovative energy solutions and advancing infrastructure development for new energy, offering diversified and multi-path sustainable energy applications to empower and create value for the global new energy industry. NCNE’s primary focus includes electric vehicle charging stations, commercial application solutions, public transportation solutions, and infrastructure construction projects in collaboration with government entities. By strengthening its position in the new energy industry and continuously enhancing its service system, NCNE aims to build a comprehensive ecosystem that covers all aspects of the new energy sector.
About Raffles Family Office
Raffles Family Office is a multi-family office that offers a full suite of wealth management services for ultra-high net worth individuals. With an integrated platform that combines independence with advisory expertise across a broad range of asset classes and an expansive global partnership network, the firm is uniquely placed to provide comprehensive and bespoke wealth growth and preservation solutions. RFO is dual-headquartered in Hong Kong and Singapore, and has branch offices in multiple Asian financial centres, including Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei. For additional information, visit http://www.rafflesgroup.co
While salaries in Thailand are expected to increase by 4.9 percent, salaries in Singapore and Malaysia are expected to stay flat at 4.0 percent and 5.0 percent respectively. The survey found the median salary is expected to increase 6.5 percent for Indonesia, 5.5 percent for Philippines and 8.0 percent for Vietnam in 2024.
Attrition in 2022
Attrition in 2023
Actual Salary Increase 2023
Salary Increase Expected 2024
Indonesia
15.9 percent
15.1 percent
6.0 percent
6.5 percent
Malaysia
14.9 percent
16.2 percent
5.0 percent
5.0 percent
Philippines
18.0 percent
17.5 percent
5.2 percent
5.5 percent
Singapore
19.6 percent
16.5 percent
4.0 percent
4.0 percent
Thailand
15.4 percent
14.0 percent
4.7 percent
4.9 percent
Vietnam
15.2 percent
13.8 percent
7.5 percent
8.0 percent
Although slightly higher, the projected increase in salaries in Thailand continues to defy economic slowdown concerns. The attrition rates across Thailand dropped in 2023 to 14.0 compared to 15.4 percent in 2022 yet continue to remain in the double digits as a consequence of ever-changing talent strategies and ongoing supply and demand challenges. Attrition rates were the highest in Philippines at 17.5 percent and lowest in Vietnam at 13.8 percent.
“As companies navigate new forms of volatility, salary-increase planning has become challenging across the region. A reassessment of compensation strategies based on the latest data and analytics shows that firms must stay competitive,” said Rahul Chawla, partner and head of Talent Solutions for Aon in southeast Asia. “By leveraging data from their own organisations as well as the market, companies can make better informed decisions enabling them to not only weather the challenges of an uncertain economic climate but to thrive in an evolving workforce landscape.”
The report further revealed that businesses in southeast Asia are cautiously optimistic about hiring, with 40 percent of the companies reporting no changes to their recruitment numbers, and 40 percent of companies having hiring restrictions. Despite an increase in layoffs earlier in the year, Aon’s data shows headcount numbers across industries are still higher than pre-pandemic levels, with layoffs mainly occurring in the non-core/expansion areas of the business, while they continue to hire for other business lines.
New hire premiums are averaging between 5.6 percent and 13.3 percent, with firms becoming more cautious with compensation spends as they streamline budgets, enhance cost efficiency and re-evaluate compensation strategy. This contrasts with 2022, when southeast Asia saw a hiring boom and new hire premiums averaged between 14.7 percent and 23.6 percent. In Thailand, increasing competition for talent has driven premiums across levels for roles in product management at 98 percent, 64 percent for system design roles, 44.8 percent for alliance partnership, 37.9 percent in test and validation and 30.1 percent for sales and telemarketing roles.
Sumate Kurasirikul, senior consultant for Talent Solutions in Thailand at Aon said, “Aon’s 2023 Global Risk Management Survey shows that business leaders consider ‘failure to attract and retain talent’ as one of the top 10 risks businesses’ are facing, highlighting the importance leaders are placing on people risk. Compensation market data is critical in helping businesses understand whether their reward offerings are competitive and shape important decisions to attract and retain sought-after skills and therefore mitigating people risk. With the economy slowing, however, increasing salaries may be unsustainable for firms as they look to maintain profits and curtail people costs among other expenses. By having a holistic rewards strategy in place, based on data and analytics, organisations will be in a better position to compete for the talent they need.”
Looking ahead to 2024, salaries in southeast Asia continue to vary across industries, and from one country to the next. The retail industry continues to have the highest budgeted salary increases at 6.1 percent, followed by technology at 6.0 percent, life sciences and medical devices industry at 5.9 percent, manufacturing at 5.8 percent and financial services at 4.8 percent.
The manufacturing sector is expected to have the highest increase in Thailand (8.0 percent), Malaysia (13.7 percent) and Philippines (14.5 percent) compared to the technology industry that had the highest year on year salary increase across industries in Singapore (4.5 percent), Indonesia (10.2 percent) and Vietnam (10.9 percent).
Across southeast Asia – Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore – more than half of the roles have had salary increases outrun inflation. Singapore and Philippines had 71.7 percent of salary increases outrun inflation and Malaysia had 56.4 percent. However, for Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, on average, 70 percent of salary increases lagged inflation. For 67 percent of firms in southeast Asia, inflationary pressures are included as part of their pay policy considerations when reviewing salary increases.
These insights are based on data gathered in the third quarter of 2023 from 950 companies across Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Learn more about the 2023 Salary Increase and Turnover study here. Hashtag: #Aon
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Couple counselling Newlyweds Saly Sorsaksit and Noud Sivanxay. (Photo supplied by UNFPA)
Saly Sorsaksit and Noud Sivanxay have a golden rule: be ready.
“We decided before getting married that we would be fully ready as parents before even having kids. It is a big step; we must know when it’s best [to have children] and how to care for them and each other as parents,” said Saly, who married her sweetheart last month after a two-year relationship.
Limited Availability: Only 1,000 Free Quotas of Kingdee Cloud Stellar Offered
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 February 2024 – Kingdee International (0268.HK), the leading SaaS company in China, is proud to announce the launch of Kingdee Cloud Stellar, the first FREE ERP App designed exclusively for Hong Kong’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This groundbreaking solution empowers businesses to take charge of their future by providing comprehensive ERP functionalities tailored to their needs. With a limited availability of only 1,000 free quotas, this exclusive offer highlights the exceptional value it brings. Eligible Hong Kong SMEs are urged to act swiftly to secure their access to Kingdee Cloud Stellar and revolutionize their business operations.
Application User Interface (UI)
Resolving all kinds of management difficulties, facilitating business automation
In business operations, decision-makers must navigate a rapidly changing market environment, addressing challenges like swiftly adapting to new market demands, catering to personalized customer service, and keenly identifying market trends. Handling such challenges can be time-consuming, potentially reducing a company’s competitive edge. Moreover, human management can lead to administrative chaos, including issues such as information silos, disjointed processes, inaccurate data, and complex inventory management, destabilizing growth. Concurrently, stringent financial controls are crucial to mitigate financial risks and prevent resource wastage. Thus, effective strategies and streamlined processes become essential for sustainable growth amidst evolving market dynamics.
To address various challenges, intelligent management is crucial. Kingdee has consistently provided enterprise management and cloud services, widely adopted across various industries.
The newly launched ERP system, Kingdee Cloud Stellar, is specially designed for local SMEs, it helps companies by streamlining the online operation system and digital management system, supports cross-platform with the functions below:
1. Financial Cloud: Provides comprehensive integration of business, finance, and taxation, enhancing businesses with financial functionalities like intelligent accounting, reporting, credit management, and asset oversight.
2. Purchase, Sales, and Inventory Cloud: Through integrated supply chain management, it minimizes expenses and boosts efficiency, showcasing comprehensive cost accounting across purchasing, sales, and warehouse operations, along with transaction oversight and operational analysis.
3. Tax Cloud: Acts as a tax expertise for companies and manage taxes through invoicing, incorporating functionalities like invoice handling, smart invoicing, invoice validation, and tax analysis control.
4. Order Marketplace: Construct a tailored online marketplace for enterprises, incorporating premium marketing, digital ordering, promotional strategies, interactive advertising, and versatile payment options.
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With Kingdee Cloud Stellar APP, corporates can effortlessly handle various business issues in real-time, whether it’s inventory, pricing, reports, or various documents, while easily grasping key data indicators. Furthermore, they can delve into data-driven deep analyses, crafting tailored analytical approaches to make precise and effective decisions. Once an enterprise adopts intelligent management, processes from procurement, financial management, inventory control to sales become traceable. The system is versatile, catering to over 300 industry-specific management attributes, facilitating an integrated approach to supply chain, financial, and tax management. Additionally, it offers tax risk analysis, aiding businesses in mitigating potential tax-related challenges across diverse sectors.
Kingdee is now offering a 3-year free access to Kingdee Cloud Stellar (Financial Cloud and Purchase, Sales, and Inventory Cloud) for those eligible local SMEs. Till now, Kingdee’s service quality and safety have consistently been recognized, notably earning international information security certifications and domestic telecom-grade IDC data storage. This ensures data security, providing customers with confidence in its use.
Enhance business efficiency by management automation in various industries
Amidst the market’s constant exploration and innovation, Kingdee’s array of cloud service products has garnered significant acclaim as industry benchmarks.
Products included:
Kingdee Cloud Cosmic (New Generation Enterprise-grade PaaS Platform)
Kingdee Guanyi Cloud (E-commerce Cloud Service Platform)
So far Kingdee has provided services to over 7.4 million businesses worldwide, including Chow Tai Fook, Nan Fung Group, China Merchants Group, Huawei, Petro China International, Tao Heung Group and so on.
Through Kingdee’s management system, their clients tackled key challenges like financial management, tax compliance, risk, and internal control. Kingdee’s enterprise and cloud services efficiently streamline vast data, cutting down complexity and enhancing efficiency. This enables business leaders to make informed decisions using gathered insights, fostering collaborative business outcomes.
Ranked No.1 in Chinese SaaS market
IDC, the well-known market intelligence and demand generation company, announced IDC China Semiannual Enterprise Application (EA) Tracker, 2023 H1. In the report, Kingdee ranked 1st in SaaS EA, SaaS ERM (Cloud ERP) & Financial Cloud Service markets.
With its technologically advanced cloud services for medium to large enterprises, Kingdee has secured numerous top positions in China’s SaaS market, establishing itself as a market leader. Hashtag: #ERP #ERPSystem #CloudERP #Free #FreeERP #Kingdee #KingdeeCloudStellarERP
ASEAN-UK SAGE is the UK’s flagship education programme in Southeast Asia, supporting girls and marginalised communities to access education and improve foundational learning.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 February 2024 – On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the UK Government in collaboration with the ASEAN secretariat proudly launched the ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships. This initiative aims to address gender disparities in STEM education and employment within ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste.
While girls outperform boys in mathematics and science in primary and secondary education across ASEAN countries, a gender gap starts to appear in tertiary STEM education with only 19.3% of women obtaining STEM degrees compared to 39.8% of men1. The 2022 UN progress report on SDG 5 – Gender Equality – reveals only 20% of jobs in STEM are held by women globally, and various studies highlight disparities in publication, pay, and career progression for women in STEM.
Recognising the importance of these issues, the UK, through the ASEAN-UK Supporting the Advancement of Girls’ Education Programme (ASEAN-UK SAGE), seeks to address gender disparities in STEM by providing more access to STEM education for women and girls in ASEAN and Timor-Leste. Emerging from the UK’s official Dialogue Partner status with ASEAN in 2021, ASEAN-UK SAGE is a pioneer initiative under the ASEAN-UK Plan of Action 2022-2026. Launched in 2023, ASEAN-UK SAGE is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) with a commitment of up to GBP 30 million, through to 2028. The programme is implemented by the British Council, SEAMEO Secretariat, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), and EdTech Hub in its first phase, with a focus on three critical areas: (i) strengthening foundational learning, (ii) engaging out-of-school children and marginalised groups, and (iii) breaking gender barriers to digital skills and employment.
The newly launched, ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM scholarships will contribute to addressing underrepresentation of women in STEM by supporting access to UK education for women. The scholarships will support inspirational advocates in the STEM sector and promote role models for Women in STEM with viable, recognisable STEM careers.
ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships are open to women from across all ten ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste, offering women a chance to transform their future and become pioneers in STEM fields across the region. 11 successful applicants from ASEAN and Timor-Leste will receive a fully funded one-year opportunity to complete a master’s degree at the prestigious University of Warwick or Imperial College London. The opportunity is open to women from ten ASEAN Member States, including Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam as well as Timor-Leste.
Secretary-General of ASEAN, H. E. Dr. Kao Kim Hourn said: “ASEAN expresses pride in its partnership with the UK as the ASEAN-UK SAGE Programme marks the commencement of a robust cooperation, setting the tone for a fruitful dialogue partnership. The initiation of the ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships signifies our mutual dedication to improving inclusivity and increasing the presence of women in fields where their representation is traditionally lacking, specifically within STEM disciplines. ASEAN looks forward to more positive outcomes that the ASEAN – UK SAGE Programme will yield, fostering enhanced collaboration and mutual benefit between the regions.”
Ambassador, UK Mission to ASEAN, H. E. Sarah Tiffin said: “The UK, as ASEAN Dialogue Partner, is committed to improving educational opportunities for women and girls in Southeast Asia, and we will do this through our flagship ASEAN-UK SAGE programme. As part of ASEAN-UK SAGE, in 2024 we are offering 11 scholarships for applicants across ASEAN member states, plus Timor Leste. Our scholarships will offer life-changing opportunities to young women in the region, planting the seed to empower and inspire future generations of women into STEM subjects. Our mission is simple: for women to have equal access to education, smash gender barriers and norms, and push up brilliant future female leaders. We thank our two world-leading UK universities – Imperial College, London and Warwick University – for supporting this endeavour.”
Summer Xia, Director South East Asia, British Council said: “The British Council is proud to be a lead implementation partner of the ASEAN-UK SAGE programme. The Women in STEM scholarships address the underrepresentation of women in STEM leadership, and among the reasons for this underrepresentation are societal attitudes and perceptions about the role of women and girls in STEM. Complementing British Council Women in STEM Scholarships, ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships also aim to challenge these norms, empower women, create role models, and reinforce a positive attitude towards STEM education among women and girls.”
Applications for the ASEAN-UK SAGE Women in STEM Scholarships and the British Council Scholarships for Women in STEMare open until mid-April 2024, with both scholarships covering tuition fees, stipends, travel costs, visas, and health coverage fees.
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and globally renowned physicist Michio Kaku to feature this year
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 February 2024 – Technology for Change Asia will be held in Hong Kong on February 27th-28th 2024 at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. This marks the beginning of a three-year commitment to stage the annual conference in the city.
The 3rd annual Technology for Change Asia was held in Singapore in March 2023.
Curated by Economist Impact and chaired by The Economist’s deputy editor, Tom Standage, the event will welcome 60 technology pioneers to share thought-provoking insights with an audience of 300 solutions-oriented leaders from across Asia-Pacific. Two days of dynamic conversation will cover hot topics including artificial intelligence, Web3, DeFi and crypto, the future of work, and the role of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) in applying technology for impact.
Speaking ahead of the event, Tom Standage, Deputy editor, The Economist, said, “Technology is a welcome bright spot in a world beset by uncertainty and conflict. In fields from artificial intelligence to medicine, electric vehicles to solar power, the pace of progress is defying expectations—on the upside. But technology will only change lives for the better, and play a vital role in tackling global challenges, if it is deployed in an ethical and sustainable manner. Our aim in convening this event is to lead the discussion to ensure that it is.”
Globally renowned thought-leaders in powwow to make a change An expert speaker line-up featuring the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales; futurologist and popular science writer, Michio Kaku; and leaders from Intel, Lenovo, J.P. Morgan, Amazon Web Services, Klook, EY, PayMe HSBC, Temasek, Tata Communications and more will unite in Hong Kong to deep-dive into how these technologies could reduce digital and financial inequality, transform the future of work and talent, and shape the future use of artificial intelligence.
Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Wales said: “The rise of generative AI will be as big as the invention of the World Wide Web, transforming and touching every organisation in every industry.”
Mr Kaku shared: “There are two computer revolutions rocking the world today. The first is a software revolution, heralded by chat bots which can write articles on a wide variety of topics better than most humans. This revolution rivals the ability of humans to write journals, essays, books, even songs, and raises the question of how intelligent AI systems have become. The second revolution may give us quantum computers millions of times more powerful than any digital computer. This revolution may give us control over life itself, with the ability to unravel fiendishly complex chemical and physical reactions that control cancer, photosynthesis, ageing, fusion, the weather, and even stars. Together, these two revolutions will redefine what we mean by intelligence.
Asif Chaudhury, Managing Director, Asia at Economist Impact, said: “Asia-Pacific has unique challenges, but new technologies put resilient economic growth and a more sustainable future within reach. Through an exciting mix of keynote addresses, panel discussions and debates, Technology for Change Asia will showcase the latest technology solutions resonating with today’s socially conscious consumers, attracting and retaining talent, and contributing to positive social change. Hong Kong—a financial centre and leading innovation and technology hub—is the ideal place to drive the conversation on change. We look forward to setting new milestones for our flagship event leveraging what Hong Kong has to offer”
The Event is sponsored by TATA Communications and Ernst & Young, and supported by Brand Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Tourism Board and InvestHK. Live translation into Cantonese and Putonghua will be offered by KUDO.
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Lao students who study Chinese at the Confucius Institute. (Photo: Confucius Institute)
The younger generation in Laos is showing a growing interest in learning the Chinese language, recognizing the potential for future job opportunities amidst a significant influx of Chinese investors into the country.