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Vietnam expects rising coffee exports in 2018

The Hanoitimes – Coffee exports from Vietnam, the world’s biggest robusta producer, will surge to some 1.55 million tons this year from the 1.4 million tons last year, as farmers harvest a bigger crop, forecast Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh. Production is estimated to increase by about 4.5% to 1.6 million tons in […]

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Laos: Economists highlight opportunities, shortcomings of SEZs

Economists have noted that the establishment of special economic zones (SEZ) by the government has offered both opportunities and challenges for the country’s economic development. Last week, the government called on the National Economic Research Institute –the country’s top think-tank – to carry out a study to identify these opportunities and shortcomings. The institute will […]

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Chance to be 7-Eleven Malaysia franchisees

KUALA LUMPUR: 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd  (SEM), the owner and operator of 7-Eleven stores in Malaysia, is now offering back its franchise programme for local entrepreneurs. The company is rolling out a franchising package that requires RM250,000 in investment from franchisees willing to operate and manage a store on a full-time basis. The programme is especially suited […]

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Cambodia: Ministry changes SME data

Readers of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft’s summarised annual report may have been shocked to find the number of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) operating in Cambodia was nearly four times larger than it was reported to be last year. That’s because the ministry has changed the way it tracks SMEs, according to Laim […]

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Philippines: Budget deficit falls below target in 2017

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government saw its fiscal balance swing to a deficit in 2017 but settled way below target, although the country still spent less than programmed last year, the Bureau of the Treasury reported Tuesday. The national government clocked a P107.1 billion budget gap in December 2017, the biggest monthly shortfall in […]

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