Da Nang: Thailand is among the top five targets for business leaders’ overseas investment among the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) economies, according to the latest survey of Asia-Pacific business leaders. The other four are Vietnam, China, Indonesia and the US. PwC polled 1,412 business leaders in the 21 Apec member economies in the survey conducted […]
Read MoreDANANG: Ministers from 21 Pacific Rim economies who were discussing free trade and regional economic cooperation failed Wednesday to agree on a joint statement and have decided to extend talks to Thursday, the Japanese government said. “The current situation is that experts are having trouble with the statement,” said Hiroshige Seko, Japan’s minister for economy, […]
Read MoreGarment industry employers and unions have met Labour Ministry officials to discuss measures to reduce the use of short-term work contracts in the sector. The meeting on Tuesday came after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen last month called on garment factory owners to reduce the use of short-term contracts, which he said threatened the health […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The nation brand of Vietnam is valued at 203 billion USD, up 5 places compared to the its rank in 2016. Meanwhile, the country is the 5th in the top 10 best performing nation brand, according to the annual report on the World’s most valuable nation brands of Brand Finance. Brand Finance, an […]
Read MoreHANOI — The General Department of Customs has ordered the management of origin and labels of imported products to be enhanced. The move comes in the wake of a probe into Khaisilk’s trade fraud of selling “Made-in-China” products under the Vietnamese brand, which caused a stir. Accordingly, customs departments across the country must enhance their […]
Read MoreThe Revenue Department estimates that 22.5 billion baht worth of shopping tax breaks will be claimed this year, costing the government 2 billion in revenue while spurring 10 billion baht in spending. Individual taxpayers deducted 15 billion baht worth of shopping in 2016 when a similar tax incentive was introduced for 18 days, costing the […]
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