People are investing their money in five main channels of stocks, gold, foreign currencies, property assets and savings but which of these offered the highest returns in 2016? Stocks: 14.8% Stocks, which were deemed risky and volatile assets, paid the highest returns last year. The benchmark VN-Index hit the eight-year peak at 692.17 points on […]
Read MoreHanoi — Vietnam is ranked fifth in the list of the world’s most optimistic countries on economic prosperity in 2017, according to a survey by WIN/Gallup, the world’s leading association in market research and polling. WIN/Gallup International published its 40th End of Year Survey exploring outlook, expectations, views and beliefs of 66,541 people from 66 countries across […]
Read MoreJAKARTA – Indonesia attracted 855,545 foreign tourists in November, up 18.32% from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. That compares with October’s growth pace of 15.62%. The total number of visitors in November, including those passing through Indonesia’s borders from neighbouring countries and foreign workers with permits for less than one year, […]
Read MoreHANOI – Shares of Vietnam Airlines surged 40% on their stock market debut on Tuesday, valuing the firm at $2.1 billion, as investors sought exposure to the flagship carrier to tap into strong air travel growth in the Southeast Asian nation. A strong stock market showing could prove beneficial to the Vietnamese government’s stake divestment […]
Read MoreSingapore’s economic growth quickened to the fastest pace in more than three years last quarter as manufacturing and services rebounded. Key points Gross domestic product rose an annualised 9.1% in the three months to December from the previous quarter, when it declined a revised 1.9%, the Trade Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday The […]
Read MoreOfficials, analysts express doubts that the overarching ambition to escape from the middle-income trap through high technology will be achieved any time soon. By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat The government has launched a new flagship policy that will be the master plan to free Thailand from the middle-income trap, making it a high-income nation in five years. […]
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