Reporting tremendous growth in the number of cards issued in the country as well as in the number of transactions, UnionPay has recently revealed that Cambodia is the market in Southeast Asia where it is growing the fastest. According to the China-based company’s most recent report, the number of transactions performed by Cambodians using UnionPay […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The group aims to increase market share in Vietnam to more than 50% in the next five years. TCP Group, a Thai maker and distributor of food and beverages including energy drink Red Bull, has plans to invest over US$120 million in Vietnam in the next three years to boost its marketing capabilities, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S manufacturing output grew 4.3 per cent year on year in October, more than rebounding from September’s marginal 0.1 per cent fall and exceeding economists’ expectations of 2.6 per cent growth, according to preliminary estimates from the Economic Development Board on Monday. Excluding the volatile biomedical manufacturing sector, output grew 3 per cent. On a […]
Read MoreOn the heels of the release of a UK-backed report on inclusive businesses, a senior government official says that such businesses are “triple wins” for the poor, tthe business sector and for the government. With the support of Myanmar’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) and the Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection (DISI), […]
Read MorePaying tax is a bitter pill to swallow for most people, with many Thais opting to invest in long-term equity funds (LTFs) for the tax deduction on annual income. But such tax privileges will soon disappear because financial regulators no longer want to spoil the upper and middle classes with a generous treat and risk […]
Read MoreIn the bay of Kompong Som of the Cambodian coast facing the Gulf of Thailand, sits state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), biding its time for year-on-year top and bottom line container throughput growth, and diversification plans to stave off external headwinds. The port, which handles 70 percent of Cambodia’s import and export market via three […]
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