WHEN it comes to manpower decisions such as raising the mandatory retirement age or retraining workers for new roles before retrenchment, businesses say flexibility is key. This viewpoint arose in response to news of the upcoming review of whether changes are needed on the statutory retirement age at 62 and re-employment age extending to age […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: Thai businessmen are being encouraged to “Act West”, and become the first investors in eight northern states of India which are set to receive a share of 6.2 trillion baht as part of a project to boost India’s economic connectivity with the Southeast Asian region. This proposal was made by Thai ambassadors at the […]
Read MoreMandalay’s Hilton Hotel will host a property sales expo on August 4 and 5. The expo will feature condominiums in Yangon and the nine projects in Mandalay Region, according to U Kyaw Si Thu, director of Success Property Consultant. High-end condo projects in Yangon such as Golden City, Kanbae Towers, River Front Garden, May Inya, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnamese companies have remained in the taste of foreign investment funds despite a rising trend of capital withdrawal from emerging and frontier markets. A group of investment funds managed by Dragon Capital has recently bought 4.21 million shares of Dat Xanh Group (DXG) to raise its ownership in the Vietnamese real estate developer […]
Read MoreThe Thai E-commerce Association is urging the government to ensure fair competition between local online sellers and cross-border products through tax collection to safeguard the 150- billion-baht online retail market in Thailand. “The departments of Customs and Revenue should properly implement tax collection for international sellers, particularly Chinese players selling via online channels,” said Thanawat Malabuppha, newly […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, is offering incentives to developers of a new 100 percent palm oil-based “green diesel”, which the net oil importer hopes can replace costly fuel imports within three years, the country’s industry minister said. Biodiesel for land transportation in Indonesia currently consists of a 20 percent bio component […]
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