Business communities and the governments of Thailand and Myanmar have agreed on bolstering cross-border trade by improving existing channels and developing new routes, and with an emphasis on the exchange of data and a new cross-border SEZ. State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi met with Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak in Nay Pyi Taw […]
Read MoreLao Telecommunication Company (LTC) this year plans to invest around US$53.7 million for system improvements and network expansion in order to improve service delivery and quality. One of the company’s important cooperation projects to develop the telecommunications system is the ICT installation project for the Laos-China Railway Project (Boten-Vientiane section), LTC Managing Director, Mr Thavone […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: Thailand’s central bank held its key interest rate near a record low to shield the nation’s economic recovery as the threat of trade protectionism mounts. The one-day bond repurchase rate was left at 1.5%, with monetary policy committee members unanimously in favor, the Bank of Thailand said in Bangkok. All 22 economists surveyed by […]
Read MoreMUMBAI: Malaysia’s total export of palm oil and palm oil products to India is set to grow five to 10% this year from three million tonnes worth US$1.97bil in 2016, the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry said. Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong said India and Malaysia have long historical and cultural ties, which have […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani is targeting 16.8 percent growth in tax revenue from last year. The government has formed the Tax Reform Team to achieve it. The team is tasked with establishing a stronger basis of human capital, information technology and business process. “As well as the laws and regulations,” […]
Read MorePhilippine headline inflation in January accelerated to its fastest pace in more than two years, hitting 2.7 percent on the back of higher prices of non-food items, government data showed on Tuesday. The new rate was the fastest since November 2014, when inflation registered 3.7 percent. The increase in January price growth momentum affirmed the […]
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