Komgrit Varakamin reflects on the changes he HAS discovered in modern-day Vietnam What does Hanoi look like today compared with the city I first saw in 1985? My prompt answer to that question is that Hanoi is much more modern and developed now than when I first visited 33 years ago. In April, I returned […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The country is in process to ratify the trade deal, in line with current regulations, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade is completing the documents related to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and will submit them to the National Assembly for approval in late […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Go-Jek, through its local brand Go-Viet, on July 18 started a five-day test for two of its services, Go-Bike and Go-Send, in some districts of Ho Chi Minh City, local media reported. After the testing, Go-Viet is scheduled to launch officially on September 5 in Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi and other provinces/cities in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Inflation likely rose to a fresh peak in July, the Department of Finance said Friday. In an economic bulletin, DOF chief economist Gil Beltran said inflation might have hit 5.3 percent in July. If realized, this would exceed June’s 5.2 percent, which was the highest level in at least five years. According to […]
Read More[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng pared back expectations for economic growth for this year to about 5 per cent as the export-reliant nation braces for knock-on effects of a brewing trade war. “If the global economy slows, as a trading nation, definitely Malaysia will be impacted,” Mr Lim said in an interview […]
Read MoreA taxpayer in Jagakarta, South Jakarta, has complained about a 100 percent increase in his property tax this year and called on the Jakarta administration to revise its policy. Using the Twitter handle @hotelsyariahJKT, the taxpayer posted two bills for land and building tax (PBB) for his property. The 2017 bill shows a total PBB of Rp 15,945,350, while the […]
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