Central’s Tops Supermarket and The Mall Group’s Gourmet Market are depending on business expansion and New Year’s gift hampers to spur consumer spending. Executives of both retailers are confident consumer spending is rising, prompting the expansion. Phattaraporn Phenpraphat, vice-president for marketing and public relations at Central Food Retail Co (CFR), the operator of Tops Supermarket, […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has moved up to the upper half of the 10-country Association Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in attracting foreign direct investments (FDI) after settling at the bottom half and in the middle of the pack the previous years. The country emerged the fourth largest recipient of FDIs in the region in […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – This is the theme of an important conference will be held this week under the chair of the Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue. Co-chairs the conference are the President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Head of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Group Dr. Vu Viet Ngoan. The conference […]
Read MoreLaos and China have enjoyed comprehensive cooperation with particularly robust growth in investment and trade, the Chair of the Laos-China Cooperation Committee has said. Ms Khemmani Pholsena, who is also Minister of Industry and Commerce, told Lao and Chinese media last week that China has been Laos’ top foreign investor. She made the comment when […]
Read MoreThe Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) officially announced that all taxis must register as city taxis before January 1. The announcement was made through the state-owned newspaper on November 12. Taxis in Yangon are privately owned and there are no regulations limiting their activities so far. Since late 2016, Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein […]
Read MoreThailand ranks eighth out of 10 countries in the Digital Trust Index in Asia-Pacific, according to the Fraud Management Insights 2017 study. The survey, commissioned by Experian, an LSE-listed information service, and conducted by research firm IDC, studied 3,200 customers of 80 organisations in the financial, telecom and retail sectors, each with revenue of US$10 […]
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