DANANG — Special Administrative Economic Units in Vietnam will face challenges in raising funds from different sources and models in the context of limited State funds over the coming years. Research Director at the Fulbright Economics Teaching Programme in Vietnam, Vu Thanh Tu Anh, conveyed the message at a group session on Special Administrative Economic […]
Read MoreThailand will have a four-day break at the end of next month so revellers can relax and celebrate the New Year. The cabinet announced Tuesday the holiday will run from Dec 30 to Jan 2. “By tradition, if annual holidays fall on weekends, additional days are added,” said Lt Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd, the government spokesman. […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government will eliminate its export management fee in 2018, incurring an annual loss of $20 million in revenue, in order to stimulate the economy and reduce the cost of doing business in the Kingdom, according to the draft of the 2018 national budget. The elimination of the fee is expected to encourage investors […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Transportation Ministry is planning to build an airport in Sukabumi in 2019. Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said here on Tuesday that the ministry would survey the location for construction of the airport. “I have discussed with the regent regarding the construction of this airport. It could be between Sukabumi and Pelabuhan Ratu. We […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s inflation rate quickened to a three-year high in October, driven largely by higher fuel and food prices as well as the weaker peso, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. Inflation, the movement of prices of basic goods and services, accelerated to 3.5 percent in October, higher than the 2.3 […]
Read MoreAn international airport project scheduled for construction by a Chinese developer in northwestern Laos’s Bokeo province has been canceled so that an airport built earlier in the province may be upgraded instead, sources say. The abandoned project was to have been built on land taken by the King Romans Group from local villagers in 2014, […]
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