Bagan: Thailand and Myanmar have vowed to stimulate tourism and raise the number of visitors between the neighbouring nations to 1.5 million by 2020 as part of the “two countries, one destination” cooperative scheme. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) signed a memorandum of understanding last Friday with the Myanmar Tourism Federation to promote tourism […]
Read MoreEnter a new era 2017 with an international seminar “Opportunity Thailand”, organized by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) to show Thailand’s potential and readiness to become “Thailand 4.0”. Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha will join the opening ceremony and deliver a keynote speech on the topic “Thailand 4.0 Means Opportunity Thailand”. Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government has set March next year as the date for the ground-breaking ceremony for the building of the rail link to Phnom Penh International Airport and Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ). The projects are intended to facilitate transport of passengers, workers, and goods. The date was revealed at a recent meeting between […]
Read MoreTHE Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExport) has petitioned the government not to fiddle around with the zero value-added tax (VAT) exemption, which applies to both indirect and direct exporters. The Department of Finance (DoF) is proposing to keep the zero VAT rate only for direct exporters. In a position paper dated February 1, PhilExport said […]
Read MoreThe domestic vegetable and fruit industry in January witnessed a year-on-year increase of 14 per cent in export value to US$230 million, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). So far this year, Vietnamese vegetable and fruit products have been shipped to more than 60 countries. Lychee, rambutan, dragon fruit, mango and longan, in particular, […]
Read MoreHEADLINE inflation likely accelerated in January on higher food and oil prices, further depreciation of the peso and sin tax adjustments, analysts polled by The Manila Times, said. Five analysts said inflation in the first month of this year could have settled within the 2.8 percent to 2.9 percent range. The average estimate by analysts […]
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