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05-Jul-18 A mix of social and economic factors have combined to make Southeast Asia a rapidly developing blockchain technology hub, including the region’s under-subscription to its banking network, with only 27% of the 655 million population holding a bank account. [image: iStock / Asia Times]
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02-Jul-18 Singapore-based healthcare startup Doctor Anywhere has raised an SGD5.6 mn (USD4.1 mn) Series A round. The startup will use the funds to help boost healthcare accessibility in the city-state, grow its team, and explore new business verticals. [image: Deal Street Asia]
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Jul-18 Growth in emerging market commodity importers is expected to remain robust, while the rebound in commodity exporters is projected to mature, says the World Bank. Risks include escalating trade protectionism and rising geopolitical tensions. A slowdown in China is partly offset by the rest of Asia, led by 7% growth in India. Prospects in Latam and the Middle East look positive, though with growth projected at much lower levels than in Asia.
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28-Jun-18 Fresenius Medicare Care, a dialysis provider, has opened an office in Yangon, Myanmar. Reforms have paved the way to expand its footprint in Myanmar, where government healthcare spending is rising but the burden of non-communicable diseases is growing. [image: Asia One]
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26-Jun-18 Vietnam’s Trung Nam Group announced it will build a 500-bed hospital in Da Nang’s Golden Hills area to cater to residents in the Lien Chieu District, and that the new hospital will be a general hospital. [image: Vietnam Business TV]
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