TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Ministry’s Customs and Excise Directorate General (DJBC) reported revenue of customs and excise up to mid-June 2017 to reach Rp57.59 trillion or around 30.12 percent from the target. “Compared to the previous year, it is higher, it increases around 4.7 percent,” DJBC Revenue and Regulation of Customs and Excise director Sugeng Aprianto said in […]
Read MoreThailand ranks among the top 10 countries in Asia-Pacific for the number of malware attacks because of high rates of software piracy and internet use, Microsoft says. “Thailand is still one of the countries across the region most at risk of malware threats, behind Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam,” said Keshav Dhakad, assistant general counsel and […]
Read MoreMarket research firm Market Intello has forecast that Vietnam’s inflation this year may fall to below 3 per cent, lower than the rate of 3.8 per cent it predicted last month. According to the company’s latest macro-economy report, the inflation rate was trending downward because of falling prices of fresh foods as well as oil […]
Read MoreThailand will sign a tripartite electricity-trading agreement with Laos and Malaysia, engaging in transmission process. Vietnam News Agency reported permanent secretary of the Thai Energy Ministry Areepong Bhoocha-Oom said the agreement is scheduled to be inked at the Asean Energy Ministers’ Meeting in Manila Sept 17-22. Under the agreement, Laos will sell electricity to Malaysia, using Thailand’s transmission […]
Read MoreThai exports jumped 13.2% year-on-year to UScopy9.9 billion (676 billion), the highest in more than four years, as the global economic recovery helped boost demand and shrug off the impact of the baht’s appreciation, according to the Commerce Ministry. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the ministry’s trade policy and strategy office, said the rise in May […]
Read MoreHong Kong is the most expensive in Asia. Singapore remained as one of the most expensive cities for expatriates, Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey revealed. Five of the top 10 cities in this year’s ranking are in Asia. Hong Kong (2), which dropped from the top spot, is the most expensive city in Asia […]
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