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Foreign players in fierce competition to dominate Vietnam’s online shopping

The Hanoitimes – Vietnam`s retail e-commerce sale is expected to reach US$10 billion by 2020, which is considered a “promising land” for foreign investors, especially those from China, Zing reported. The presence of foreign players in Vietnam’s e-commerce market, including Alibaba, Tencent, JD, heats up competition to gain market share.  Vietnam’s retail e-commerce sale is expected […]

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Malaysia’s IPI rises 2.6% in July

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased marginally by 2.6 per cent in July 2018 over the same month last year supported by an increase in the manufacturing and electricity indices, the Statistics Department says. In a statement, Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the manufacturing sector output increased 5.2 per […]

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Indonesia: New import tax could mean higher inflation: Indef

An economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef) has said the government policy on imposing a higher import tax on foreign-made products would push up prices and thus increase inflation. Indef economist Bhima Yudhistira also expressed pessimism that the policy would push down the current account deficit (CAD) at its present figure of 3 percent of gross […]

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