Lao and Vietnamese leaders have vowed to work together to further cement the special relations between the two neighbours as Laos’ top leader pays an official goodwill visit to Vietnam. Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao PDR Bounnhang Vorachit is leading a high-level delegation on a visit to […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: An improving economy, recovering consumer sentiment and better corporate earnings will help support the stock market and ringgit next year. Interest rate hikes and for Malaysia, the general election, will play a role in the direction of the financial markets. Experts are more optimistic for the Malaysian market and currency although they cautioned […]
Read MoreIndonesia and Palestine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to exchange zero tariffs for particular goods to improve their bilateral trade, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita announced Wednesday. “On the sidelines of the WTO ministerial conference in Argentina recently, we signed the MoU with Palestine as instructed by our President to implement the OIC [Organization of Islamic […]
Read MoreAsia will see the world’s highest real-wage growth in 2018, although increases will be slower than in 2016, the Hay Group division of Korn Ferry forecast on Thursday. In Asia, salaries are forecast to increase by 5.4 per cent – down from 6.1 per cent last year. Inflation-adjusted real-wage increases are expected to be 2.8 […]
Read MoreONLINE shopping will continue to expand at a higher rate next year while real estate and SMEs would not fare well due to oversupply and fierce competition, according to the Kasikorn Research Centre. The overall economy is expected to slightly improve, expanding by 4 per cent from 3.9 per cent this year, Chao Kengchon, managing […]
Read MoreA local winery fights to repair the reputation of Pyin Oo Lwin’s damson wine. A short drive along the main road from his family-owned winery in Pyin Oo Lwin, Nay Kon Htin recounts the horror of seeing his wine stocked in road-side shops, baking in the sunlight. “You can see at the shops when you pass […]
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