JAKARTA • Indonesia’s gross domestic product grew 4.94 per cent in the fourth quarter to mark the slowest pace since the opening three months of last year, as household consumption cooled and government spending contracted, data showed yesterday. South-east Asia’s largest economy also faces uncertainty surrounding US policies under President Donald Trump and in one […]
Read MoreProtectionist policies by US President Donald Trump are unlikely to have much direct impact on Thailand’s international trade because it is not a country with which the US has a hefty trade deficit, according to a Commerce Ministry study. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, said the study also found that […]
Read MoreBagan: Thailand and Myanmar have vowed to stimulate tourism and raise the number of visitors between the neighbouring nations to 1.5 million by 2020 as part of the “two countries, one destination” cooperative scheme. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) signed a memorandum of understanding last Friday with the Myanmar Tourism Federation to promote tourism […]
Read MoreEnter a new era 2017 with an international seminar “Opportunity Thailand”, organized by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) to show Thailand’s potential and readiness to become “Thailand 4.0”. Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha will join the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech on the topic “Thailand 4.0 Means Opportunity Thailand”. Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government has set March next year as the date for the ground-breaking ceremony for the building of the rail link to Phnom Penh International Airport and Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ). The projects are intended to facilitate transport of passengers, workers, and goods. The date was revealed at a recent meeting between […]
Read MoreTHE Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExport) has petitioned the government not to fiddle around with the zero value-added tax (VAT) exemption, which applies to both indirect and direct exporters. The Department of Finance (DoF) is proposing to keep the zero VAT rate only for direct exporters. In a position paper dated February 1, PhilExport said […]
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