Electrical energy consumption has outstripped even Vietnam’s heady economic growth. While the economy has been expanding at a 7% CAGR, electricity consumption has been rising at a rate of over 10% annually in the last five years. This trend is expected to continue in the short- to medium-term as Vietnam continues to absorb record foreign… Read More
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic Phase III in Thailand, on September 6, 2021, the Board of Investment (BOI) launched new measures to mitigate COVID-19 impacts as well as support the development of local vaccines and medicines. Firstly, in order to relieve the impacts of COVID-19, the BOI is making two of its investment… Read More
Biologic compounds are opening up promising new pathways for the commercial recycling of plastics. On July 2, 2021, several news agencies[i] published the discovery of a new source of enzymes that can degrade plastic. A paper originally published in Frontiers of Bioengineering and Biotechnology[ii] by an Austrian research team led by Dr. Doris Ribitsch of… Read More
Don’t let your efforts go to waste—if your company has a plan to incorporate energy conservation, alternative energy utilization or environmental impact mitigation, you should consider pursuing a compensation package as your project may be eligible. What types of investment activities are considered? A project must invest in: Upgrading machinery to modern technology that helps… Read More
Foreign manufacturing investment in Vietnam is preferentially located in industrial real estate zones—areas specifically zoned for industrial property—whose developers have acquired, consolidated, and established clear titles to the land and installed utilities and infrastructure to support manufacturing investments. The great difficulty in obtaining clear title to land in Vietnam, government policies promoting manufacturing clusters and… Read More
The Ever Given Suez Canal obstruction On March 24, 2021, the containership Ever Given, one of the largest in the world, with a capacity for over 20,000 TEUs (twenty-foot container equivalent units), on a voyage from Shanghai to Rotterdam departed the main channel in the Suez Canal and grounded on its eastern bank. Later, the… Read More
India has a long-standing relationship with reservation, a system that entails reserving quotas or seats in all public sector undertakings for marginalized demographics of the population in order to promote social and economic equity across the national economy. India’s private sector companies have been the engine of its development and employment generation since the 1990s…. Read More
Deal Flow Mergers & Acquisitions Venture Capital Initial Public Offering/Direct Listing Special Purpose Acquisition Company Bankruptcy/Restructuring This Month’s Featured Company: Line Founded in 2011 in Japan as a disaster response app, today Line has over 220 million Monthly Active Users (and more than 700 million registered users) globally. 71% of the total has been dominated… Read More
It has been well documented that the semiconductor supply crisis has caused supply chain disruptions and shortages worldwide. In many cases, lead times are as far out as one year! Semiconductors are in just about everything we use. The auto industry has been particularly hard hit with industry leaders such as Ford, Nissan, Toyota, VW… Read More
In honor of International Women’s Day, we thank all of the incredible women driving the success, vision and mission of the Tractus Team. From our Financial Director Mingkwan Chaiyapong, to our women-powered Vietnam office led by Thuy Le and women-powered Administration team led by Julada Thongsupa, to all our women Managers, Consultants, Analysts and Administrators… Read More
