The Government of Lao PDR and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on “Building the National and Local capacity to Combat Trafficking in Persons in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic” on 30 June at Lao Plaza Hotel in Vientiane Capital.
YouTrip launches in-app travel insurance with major savings for travellers in Singapore
- Singaporean YouTrip users can now purchase travel insurance powered by HL Assurance directly in the YouTrip app
- Users are guaranteed a 15% cashback and up to 50% in additional savings on each single-trip policy
- This move marks a significant step in YouTrip’s work to integrate the most affordable overseas payments and protection on a single platform
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 4 July 2022 – Singapore’s leading neobank, YouTrip, announced today that it has launched a new travel insurance product on its multi-currency app for all local users. Rolled out in conjunction with online insurance provider, HL Assurance (HLAS), travellers can now purchase a single-trip policy directly and conveniently on the YouTrip app, and enjoy up to 65% in savings on their plan.
This roll-out follows the rapid travel comeback among Singaporeans, and business for YouTrip has grown an exponential 4X this quarter (Q2) compared to 2021. With international travel only expected to rise, this expansion into insurance is timely in helping to simplify users’ trip preparation process.
“In this post-pandemic travel, getting well-covered with comprehensive insurance is an essential on every travellers’ checklist. Likewise, this integration of insurance in our suite of financial services gives users a peace of mind as they embark on new adventures overseas. As a company, this is also a significant step in our work to build a borderless banking product for travellers in the region – from promising the most affordable and convenient multi-currency payments, and now protection,” said Caecilia Chu, CEO and Co-founder, YouTrip.
A rewarding and convenient way to stay protected
To ensure all users are well-protected, YouTrip has curated the most comprehensive plan from HLAS with enhanced benefits to cover medical treatments as well as trip cancellations and/or postponement due to COVID-19.
YouTrip is also rewarding users for protecting themselves, with a guaranteed 15% cashback on every purchase of a single-trip policy from their HL Assurance COVIDSafe Travel Protect360 Enhanced Plans. The plans are some of the most comprehensive and flexible travel insurance products in Singapore covering COVID-related situations, with enhanced features such as flexibility in travel date changes, overseas hospital cash benefits and quarantine allowance, as well as reimbursements on travel delay, postponement and disruptions.
This comes on top of an additional 40% discount off the premium, and an up to 10% No Claim Discount (NCD) for customers who do not make a claim. These additional discounts (40% premium discount + 10% NCD) will only be valid until 31 July.
Application is extremely easy and convenient on the YouTrip app. Pre-stored user information means basic personal details are auto-filled during the process, reducing the hassle of repeatedly filling up online forms. To close the loop, payments are deducted securely from the YouTrip wallet.
Travel safe and easy with YouTrip
- Select ‘Insurance’ on the homepage of the YouTrip app.
- Select your travel region and dates.
- Review your travel insurance details and price. The amount of cashback will be indicated in-app.
- Once ready, check your personal details before making payment.
- The travel insurance purchase confirmation and policy details will be sent to your email.
This new travel insurance also builds on the Mastercard Flight Delay Pass travel benefit launched earlier this year. With this Pass, each YouTrip user and a travel companion will be able to access over 1,000 airport lounges worldwide in the event their pre-registered flights are delayed for at least two hours.
About YouTrip
YouTrip is a Southeast Asian neobank dedicated to creating the next-generation of digital financial services for consumers and businesses. In 2018, it launched the region’s first and leading multi-currency payment app.
With its consumer and corporate products, YouTrip and YouBiz, the company empowers users with the most affordable and convenient financial innovations to transact in any currencies worldwide. The company is a Major Payment Institution licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and owns principal memberships and issuing licences with two of the largest card schemes, MasterCard and Visa. For more information, please visit www.you.co
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About Hong Leong Assurance
Founded in Singapore in 2013, HL Assurance is a licensed general insurer approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and a member of the General Insurance Association in Singapore.
Through a wide range of products and services including critical illness, personal accident, car, critical illness, fire, home, mobile phone, maid and travel insurance for personal needs and business packages, casualty, engineering, keyman and property insurance for business needs of corporations and SMEs, HL Assurance provides quality customer-centric products to protect every customers’ valuable assets.
HL Assurance is a member of Hong Leong Group, a leading conglomerate with diversified businesses in banking and financial services, manufacturing and distribution, property development and investments, hospitality and leisure, and principal investment with presence in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.
For more information, please visit www.hlas.com.sg
Rhenus Air & Ocean appoints new Co-CEOs, Jan Harnisch and Tobias König
Under the new co-leadership structure, Jan Harnisch and Tobias König will jointly chart the strategic direction to further accelerate Rhenus Air & Ocean growth globally.
Specific key areas for Tobias König include strategic customer relationship development, industry verticals and marketing as well as positioning Rhenus as the forwarder of choice. Jan Harnisch’s duties will include leading the direction for volume growth, product and service innovation as well as enhancing operational excellence.
“Rhenus has grown tremendously to be regarded as one of today’s top global logistics players, with some of the best people in the industry driving this success. To propel Rhenus to the next level, we have conducted a critical review to reexamine conventional organisational structures, find ways where our talent can best flourish creatively, and align ourselves as a truly global company to offer end-to-end solutions to our customers around the world,” said Tobias König.
“We will continue to lead by example and innovate, both through how we support our customers through our products and services, as well as being one of the best workplaces in the world. By tapping on technology to drive sustainability and build a more resilient supply chain, we are confident of expanding our footprint significantly. At the same time, we will double up on our employer branding efforts to attract the right talent to build diverse and effective teams,” added Jan Harnisch.
Jan Harnisch joined Rhenus as a Business Development Manager in China in 2012 before moving to Singapore to take up the role of regional product Ocean Freight Head of Asia and the CEO of Far East Asia region. He was then promoted to Global COO of Products Air & Ocean in Germany prior to this latest role.
Tobias König started his career with Rhenus in 2008 in Rhenus Port Logistics as an assistant to the board and moving fast onto the sales role in 1.5 years. In 2011, Rhenus Projects Logistics was founded and Tobias König became the Managing Director. From 2020 onwards, he took over the position of Global CCO of Rhenus Air & Ocean before being named as the CEO.
Recent developments by Rhenus include its announcement to achieve carbon neutral global LCL services by 2030, as part of its strategy to spearhead the industry’s transition to sustainable logistics.
About Rhenus
The Rhenus Group is one of the leading logistics specialists with global business operations and annual turnover amounting to EUR 7.0 billion. 37,500 employees work at 970 business sites and develop innovative solutions along the complete supply chain. Whether providing transport, warehousing, customs clearance or value-added services, the family-owned business pools its operations in various business units where the needs of customers are the major focus at all times.
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MSIG Hong Kong engages with Intellect to provide holistic mental health support to their policyholders
From 4th July 2022 till 31st December 2022, applicants for MSIG Hong Kong’s SME Group Medical Insurance can enjoy exclusive access to Intellect’s mental health platform for FREE. This benefit is extended to all existing members of SME Group Medical Insurance. Aside from offering comprehensive coverage in the extensive SME Group Medical Insurance plan, MSIG Hong Kong believes that access to a holistic mental wellness platform will equip its clients’ workforces with a clinically-validated approach to provide the right care for their employee’s needs.
Philip Kent, Chief Executive Officer of MSIG Hong Kong, said: “Now, perhaps more than ever before in Hong Kong, employers are paying more attention to the mental well-being of their people. The pandemic ushered in new levels of anxiety for many in Hong Kong, which is why it is so important that we, as a society, work to promote good mental health. We are delighted to be collaborating with Intellect on this initiative by offering free access to the Intellect platform to members of our SME Group Medical Insurance plans. Through our work with Intellect, we are contributing not just to the success of businesses by helping their employees, but are also helping to break down challenges around access to mental health support in society.”
Intellect offers a proactive and inclusive approach to mental health, accessible to anyone – from anywhere. With Hong Kong being one of the most overworked cities in the world according to studies, workplace stress and a lack of work-life balance can lead to mental health issues. Leaving these unchecked can lead to burnout, stress, low morale, and consequently, low productivity and employee absenteeism.
Theodoric Chew, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of Intellect, said “We live in a time where it’s never been clearer that mental healthcare and support is strongly needed across Asia. We’re beyond proud to continue leading the conversation on mental health and expanding our presence with MSIG Hong Kong, to scale our offerings in Hong Kong and beyond.”
Backed by clinical and behavioural health experts, Intellect offers an end-to-end, 24/7 mental healthcare system that features one-on-one coaching, guided journals, rescue sessions, and other proactive and inclusive mental health services to its users all from the privacy of a downloadable app.
About MSIG Insurance (Hong Kong) Limited (“MSIG Hong Kong”)
MSIG Hong Kong is a subsidiary of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited within the MS&AD Insurance Group, Asia’s leading general insurance brand with presence in 50 countries and regions globally. The Group is amongst the world’s top 10 non-life insurance groups based on gross revenue*. It is the number one Japanese insurer with an A+ Stable credit rating. With over 40,000 employees world-wide, MSIG is represented in all ASEAN markets as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Korea, India, and Taiwan.
MSIG Hong Kong offers a wide range of solutions and services through an extensive distribution network including agents, brokers, and bancassurance alliances with leading banks. It has been providing general insurance solutions to customers in Hong Kong for more than 160 years, dating as far back as 1855.
*2021 Fortune Global 500, Property & Casualty Insurance Category
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About Intellect
Intellect’s mission is to make mental healthcare & wellbeing support accessible for everyone.
We do this by marrying technology with a human touch in a single platform, delivering end-to-end wellbeing support for individuals and organisations alike.
For organisations who are looking to safeguard employee wellbeing amidst the new hybrid workspace, Intellect equips workforces with our clinically-validated approach to personalise the right care your employees need.
Today, Intellect is the largest and fastest-growing mental health tech company in Asia Pacific. Over 3 million members and leading organisations globally trust Intellect to provide personalized, evidence-based wellbeing support. Intellect was also selected as one of Google’s Best Apps of 2020.
MRC: Maximize Advantages and Minimize Impact of Hydropower Projects

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has urged the six countries along the Mekong River to maximize the advantages of hydropower projects while minimizing their impact on the environment and the tens of millions of residents living in the basin.
Brand new Healthy Seed website healthyseed.org provides professional positive parenting information
With the straight-forward and clean interface, healthyseed.org now provides different parenting information, along with fast access to different social media, including Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
The new healthy seed website now including functions below:
Activity information and application
The regular training course, such as Hands-On Parent Empowerment-20 Program (HOPE-20), parenting groups, professional training, talks and workshops about the current parenting knowledge are now uploaded to the specific sector of the new website. Healthy Seed website provides the updated activity information and enrollment form for the public.
Applicants can find a clear index of the activities on the webpage. The application system contains a saving function for searching the past participation records as the members submit new enrollment forms.
Besides, Healthy Seed also launched a sharing platform for NGOs in Hong Kong. They can publicize the information about the parenting activities free of charge via the platform. The parents and professionals the same can share a wide array of relevant information.
Q&As with Medical Professionals
The department, Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong, supports to answers the questions raised by parents and caregiver in this section.
Featured Articles by Different Experts
Apart from professional medical advice, Healthy Seed also collaborates with experts in different fields to provide feature articles, including professionals from Division of Clinical Psychology The Hong Kong Psychological Society Ltd., The Paediatric Specialty Group of The Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association, Physical Fitness Association of Hong Kong, China Limited etc.
Parenting Check-Up Tools and Download Area
Parenting Check-Up Tools are specifically designed for Hong Kong 0-6 years old children. Parents and caretakers can use the tools to have better understanding in social, language, and intellectual development.
Volunteer activities
Healthy Seed members can join the volunteer activities with their families for sharing the positive values and positive attitudes as serving the society.
With launching the new website in June 2022 and the provision of the evidence-based parenting course, it aims at promoting the positive and correct child nurturing knowledge to the families and the public. Please visit www.healthyseed.org to understand more about positive parenting.
About Healthy Seed
Healthy Seed, a charitable organization initiated and funded by the Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation in 2014, is dedicated to the provision of early childhood care and development services for children aged 0-6. Healthy Seed believes that instilling good attitudes and values into children can help create a pleasant social environment filled with positive energy. With this in mind, Healthy Seed strives to promote childhood care and development by providing professional training courses about parenting education and practical information on its interactive resource platform. As of 2021, Healthy Seed’s services have reached over 400 institutions and its training courses have benefited over 41,000 recipients, including children, parents, social workers, educators and professionals alike.
Healthy Seed interactive platforms
Website healthyseed.org
Facebook Healthy Seed Parenting
YouTube 慈慧幼苗Healthy Seed
Instagram healthyseed_parenting
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CoinW actively expands its market in Vietnam and records over 100,000 fans of the official Vietnam Telegraph Group
CoinW has continuously strengthened its international strategy and expanded localized market, successively opening four localized trading service centers in Vietnam, India, Turkey and Africa.The company has established an angel team in each overseas community responsible for localization and community maintenance, meting users’ needs after understanding cultural differences.
CoinW also frequently appears in some international crypto expos, taking an active part in developing the global market with its superb brand strength. For example, CoinW has attended the Dubai Cryptocurrency Expo 2022, Cryptocurrency Expo Asia 2022, and AIBC Americas 2022, in which it was awarded the “Exchange of the Year”.
Additionally, CoinW has also enhanced its cooperation with international sports events. After placing sideline advertisements of La Liga in May, CoinW also sponsored Kunlun Show, a world-class fighting championship, in June.
Established in 2017, CoinW has been well known for its reputation owing to its deep engagement in the crypto industry for many years. It has more than 30 self-researched security and risk control measures, and provides professional, safe and stable digital asset trading services for global users through strict technical standards and system support of multiple risk controls. CoinW also cooperates with Hyper pay, a multi-ecological digital asset wallet, to build HyperLab, a digital wallet security laboratory, which is dedicated to developing various security frontier technologies for digital wallets to guarantee the comprehensive security of platform funds and user funds.
Furthermore, CoinW has obtained access permits or compliance licenses in many regions around the world, such as Lithuania financial regulatory license, US MSB financial license, Singapore MAS license, SVGFSA license, Abu Dhabi FSRA financial license, etc.
The first half of 2022 has witnessed more than 7.5 million registered users worldwide in CoinW. CoinW has insisted on sustainable development and user-first philosophy in terms of technology upgrade, product innovation and community ecology. CoinW has steadily built a professional, secure and stable crypto asset exchange platform to provide comprehensive crypto asset financial services to users around the world.”
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Laos Inflation Reaches 22-year High at 23.6 Percent
Year-on-year inflation in Laos increased to 23.6 percent in June, according to the latest statistics from the Lao Statistics Bureau.