SINGAPORE – Manufacturing growth slowed for a third consecutive month in November to record its lowest reading since July last year. The key electronics sector marked its first contraction as well after 27 consecutive months of growth, said the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (SIPMM) on Monday (Dec 3). The overall Purchasing Managers’ […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Cars from Thailand and Indonesia accounted for 93% of total cars imported to Vietnam over the last week. Vietnam imported 12,400 cars as of November, up 43.5% from the 7,000 cars imported in the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC). Over the last week, Vietnam imported […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Land Management urged foreign investors to increase investment in Cambodia’s real estate sector to take advantage of the country’s healthy economic progress which has sparked real sector growth altogether. Minister Chea Sophara said during the seventh Cambodia Constructor Association (CCA) Summit and the Fifth Cambodia Construction Industry Expo that the construction sector […]
Read MoreThe Consular Affairs Department will launch its first e-visa service in February, starting with it being available in Beijing with a plan to gradually expand to other countries over three years. The department annpounced on Monday it had joined with Kasikornbank, which will handle the payments side, in making the service available. From Feb 15, applicants […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell nearly 2 percent at the close of trade on Monday after reaching a more than one-week peak, hit by concerns over high stockpiles and expectations that Indonesia would remove its palm oil export levy. The benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 1.96 percent at 2,000 ringgit ($480.42) a tonne at the end of the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Dutch financial giant ING Bank expects the Philippine economy to slow down further next year as inflation is expected to remain elevated while rate hikes may take its toll on growth. In a report, ING Bank Manila senior economist Nicholas Mapa said the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) growth may ease to 6.1 percent in 2019 from the […]
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