HCM CITY – The Fourth Industrial Revolution will create great challenges but also opportunities for Vietnam to take off, a seminar heard in HCM City on Sunday. Speaking at the seminar titled “Effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Socio-Economic Development,” Tong Viet Trung, deputy general director of Viettel Group, said: “[It] will usher in smart […]
Read MoreProjects registered with the Board of Investments (BoI) grew by 40 percent in January to July 2017 from a year earlier, the agency reported on Tuesday. At P294.8 billion compared to P210.4 billion during the same period last year, the BOI said the results underscored the country’s bright investment prospects. Jobs generated totalled 58,758, up […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution said that he expects all special economic zones (SEZ) to operate this year. The government is currently developing SEZs in 11 regions: seven manufacturing economic zones and four tourism economic zones. “Mandalika SEZ will hopefully be inaugurated this month, followed by Palu SEZ,” Darmin said yesterday, August 1, at […]
Read MoreCambodia needs to support its own development and can expect a cutback in grants, soft loans and highly favourable trade privileges as it graduates from a low-income country to lower-middle income nation, according to Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak yesterday. “We will have issues when the country moves up the income ladder and because of that […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: RHB Research Institute says in its latest economic update that it expects private investment to grow at an increased pace of 7.7% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in 2017, from 4.3% last year, underpinned by ongoing construction of infrastructure projects and a pickup in exports. This comes following an increase in the Malaysian Institute of Economic […]
Read MoreThe Thai National Shippers’ Council (TNSC) has revised the 2017 export growth forecast up to 5% from its previous forecast of 2.5-3.5%, as exports rose in the second quarter of the year, indicating recovery in major importing countries. TNSC chairwoman Ganyaphad Tantipipatpong said strong demand has lifted export growth substantially, with shipments in June growing 11.7% […]
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