MALAYSIA’S economy is expected to grow by 4.5 per cent in 2017 on strong private consumption but will continue to suffer from weak commodity prices and slowing private investment, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday , according to Reuters. The economy has been buffeted by poor demand for its exports of commodities and liquefied […]
Read MoreLAOS’ Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith will officially launch the start of construction for the Laos-China railway project at a ceremony on December 25. A ceremony to kick off the railway construction will take place in Luang Prabang district’s Phonxay village where a railway bridge spanning the Mekong River will be built. Director of the provincial […]
Read MoreTHE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) has lowered |its 2016 growth forecast for Brunei Darussalam along with Myanmar and Singapore in a supplement to its Asian Development Outlook 2016 report. In the Outlook 2016 report released in March, Brunei’s gross domestic product (GDP) was forecast to edge up by 1 per cent this year and accelerate […]
Read MoreFinance Minister Sri Mulyani that the domestic economy will not be affected by the Federal Reserve’s decision to increase its key interest rate or the Fed Fund Rate (FFR). The minister said Indonesia is among the world’s developing countries with the fastest growth of five percent. According to Mulyani, some factors that will stand against […]
Read MoreThe Agriculture Ministry’s Quarantine Agency recorded that the volume of illegally imported food in border areas reached approximately 2.5 million kilograms or 2,500 tons in 2016. The agency’s chief, Banun Harpini, said that food items that were imported illegally include 1.66 million kilograms of shallots, 723,700 kilograms of rice, 160,269 kilograms of beef, 3,100 kilograms […]
Read MoreThe General Department of Security under the Ministry of Public Affairs announced Thursday that two men have been identified and summoned for spreading false rumors that Vietnam would soon be replacing its existing currency. One of the rumor makers is based in the Central Highlands of Lam Dong, and the other resides in the southern […]
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