Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. is persistent in his advocacy to reach out to the unbanked sector via the digitalization of banking and financial services and the expansion of the reach of financial institutions. The House of Representatives has joined this move by approving the Bangko sa Baryo bill which aims to […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam`s nominal GDP in 2018 is forecast to grow over 6.7% to reach VND5,555 trillion (US$240.5 billion), leading to GDP per capita of US$2,540, up 6.3% year-on-year or US$155. Vietnam targets the GDP growth rate of 6.6 – 6.8% in 2019, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung was quoted by VnEconomy as […]
Read MoreMYANMAR’S hope for narrowing its inequality gap cannot be realised if the government fails to spend more on key sectors such as education, health and social protection, according to a global index released by Oxfam International yesterday. Myanmar ranks very close to the bottom in both global and regional indexes in “The Commitment to Reducing […]
Read MoreMore than one month into mandatory use of a B20 biodiesel blend, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has admitted that several issues are hampering the effort. The ministry’s energy conservation and renewable energy director general, Rida Mulyana, underlined two main issues — logistics and transportations – particularly because state-owned oil and gas holding company Pertamina demanded […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The ministry has been requested to downsize its wholly-owned companies to 17 by end-2020. Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense will step up the equitization and divestment drive of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) under its umbrella to downsize its SOE portfolio to 17 by 2020 from 88, an official has said. The ministry will sell […]
Read MoreTHE sluggish rental market for both private and HDB properties is showing no signs of improving, going by flash data from real estate portal SRX on Wednesday. Rents for condominiums and private apartments in September dipped by 0.4 per cent from the previous month. They were unchanged in August, from an earlier SRX estimate of […]
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