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Feb 2023
Intro to MATCH and matchmaking 2
We would like to invite you to a brief information session on how to use ASEAN Access MATCH and how to get the most out of a matchmaking event, on 24 February, from 1-2pm (GMT +7 / BKK time). You already have an account on MATCH, but maybe you’re not quite sure what to do with it and why we ask you to do certain things? Or you have just joined your first ever event on MATCH (this one?!) and…
Mar 2023
“Switch to Green: Packaging” – Panel discussion and virtual business matchmaking
Environmental awareness and protection are increasingly at the forefront of global, regional and national political, industrial and social discussions. The use of plastic packaging is having an immensely detrimental effect on the environment, especially in Southeast Asia where rapid urbanisation and rising middle-class fuel the use of single-use plastics, which, coupled with often weak infrastructure to manage the recycling and reuse, results in large amounts of plastic waste. It is important to transition away from fossil-based packaging, to promote and…
Branding Strategy: for your potential on the Japanese EC market
With the initiative "ASEAN Digital Trade Promotion" the ASEAN-Japan centre is striving to increase ASEAN exports to Japan through digital trade platforms, with the goal of helping businesses understand how to enter the Japanese e-commerce market, including navigating, and getting right, the incredibly relevant topic of branding. You might know the best strategies for in your country, but what about elsewhere? One size definitely does not fit all. By joining the 3-session "Branding Strategy: for your potential on the Japanese…
Aug 2023
China – ASEAN Industrial Cooperation: Exploring RCEP
The free-trade agreement of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has created the world's largest trading block, comprising the ASEAN countries, alongside China, Japan, South-Korea, Australia, New Zealand, with the aim to facilitate easier expansion of regional trade and investment. China has maintained its position as ASEAN's largest trading partner since 2009 and as an important international cooperation city Sichuan, in the west of China, Chengdu is seizing RCEP’s huge development opportunity in terms of industrial chain and supply chain cooperation and…
Halal Market: Major Trends in Global Trade
According to the global population statistics conducted by Pew Research Center in 2022, there were 1.9 billion Muslims, accounting for 23.54 percent of the world's population. In the next 20 years, the global Muslim population will reach 2.76 billion people, or 29.7% which is considered one-third of the world's population. It shows that the Muslim consumer market is a huge and high-potential market. In addition, Muslim consumers tend to spend money more regularly. Therefore, this event is organised to point…
Wellness tourism: merging services with technologies
On August 31, 2023, from 10.00 - 11.00 (GMT +7 / Bangkok time), please save the date and join us to explore the opportunities in the wellness tourism industry after the COVID-19 pandemic through our international market talk. As wellness sector has slowly regained popularity as a travel destination worldwide, and discussion will cover wellness retreats and traditional medicine centres, as well as spas, and detox and yoga bootcamps, tying these all together with digital transformation to live up to…