The government needs 2,420 billion kip to respond to budget expenditure that occurred in the first quarter of this year (January to March), a government leader has said. Of this figure, 957.7 billion kip is owed from the budget deficit in Q1 and the rest constitutes the government’s obligations in paying off loans and bonds. […]
Read MoreThis is one of the forecasts to emerge from the “ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook”, the first annual report produced by the ASEAN+3 Macro-economic Research Office (AMRO), released on May 4. According to the report, the economic growth of the ten ASEAN countries along with China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) is expected reach […]
Read MoreThailand’s food exports are unlikely to see many negative effects from US President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies, according to the International Trade Promotion Department. Malee Choklumlerd, the department’s director-general, said yesterday after a workshop on food and crop shipment prospects that the ministry was still confident in its 5% growth target for 2017, up […]
Read MoreThe Amendment of import tax rate and excise duties which has been enforced since the 1st of April was further explained last night during a Dialogue session. The session was attended by 50 individuals from government agencies and local entrepreneurs. The dialogue session provided an opportunity for the business community to raise questions and share […]
Read MoreJapanese supermarket operator Aeon has plans to set up 500 grocery stores in Vietnam by 2025, according to a Nikkei Asian Review report. The firm is preparing to open more small stores in emerging Asian markets like Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam. In particular, it aims to raise the number of its stores in Vietnam by […]
Read MoreCredit growth in the first fourth months of the year rose to a six-year high of 4.89 per cent against 3 per cent a year ago, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the monthly government meeting on May 4. Vietnam’s economic growth slowed to an estimated annual rate of 5.1 per cent in the first […]
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