Data from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) show that it approved a total of 41 investment projects worth more than $1 billion from September until mid-November. The approved projects include hotels, garment factories, electrical appliance factories, cosmetics, furniture, beverage, pharmaceutical, plywood manufacturing plants, power plants and agro-industrial crops. The projects are mostly […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Thanks to this policy, the number of foreign visitors to Vietnam has been growing fast over the past three years. Vietnam’s National Assembly on November 20 decided to extend the implementation of a pilot scheme to issue electronic visa (e-visa) for foreigners entering Vietnam for another two years starting February 1, 2019, in […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – University of Indonesia’s (UI) Professor of Management Rhenald Kasali predict that the rapid development of financial technology (fintechs) reduce the number of workersin the financial industry. He highlighted how most banks have now ceased from opening conventional, physical branches. He said that there would be little need for bank tellers, as customers have rarely go to a bank conduct financial transactions. “Next year, the financial sector will have to fight […]
Read MoreCommerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong ordered the Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) to reject a patent request for cannabis extracts, after facing pressure from an advocacy group. It was one of the 11 patent requests earlier lodged with the DIP, he said. Of the 11 requests, two have already been withdrawn. Deliberation of the other eight were […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore is expected to report slower third-quarter economic growth than initially thought, a Reuters poll showed, as the manufacturing sector faces strains from weaker global demand and an intensifying trade dispute between the United States and China. The government’s finalised gross domestic product (GDP) was forecast to rise 4.2% in July-September from the quarter […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) yesterday gave assurance that the national government would not breach its 2018 fiscal deficit ceiling on the back of higher revenue in the fourth quarter of the year. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is confident that the deficit-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio would not exceed the […]
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