The Thai retailing giant Big C has opened its first supermarket in Cambodia. Big C Poipet had its soft opening on Saturday, the company announced on its Facebook page. “A soft opening for the Poipet Hypermarket was held under our vision to be the leading Thai retailer with customers at heart,” the announcement read. The […]
Read MoreTHE much-anticipated Budget 2020 is scheduled to be tabled on Oct 11, with the theme “Shared prosperity: Sustainable and inclusive growth towards high income economy.” So what are some of the tax measures that we can expect in Budget 2020 that will help drive this goal? Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has indicated that the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan has proposed to exempt electric and hybrid vehicles from taxes and duties in the next several years to encourage the manufacture, importation and use of carbon-reducing vehicles. Pangilinan said carbon emissions raise temperatures globally and contribute to drastic changes in the climate. In the Philippines, vehicles contribute 36.1% […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s administrative capital still lacks international standard healthcare, residential housings, and convenient transport connections to convince expatriates to relocate to the city, according to a recent property survey by Picon-Deed Property Consultants. In its first property market report on Nay Pyi Taw in September, Picon-Deed stated that the administrative capital’s lighter traffic and cleaner air […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – There has been a growing number of local startups who neglect raising funds in subsequent rounds after gaining initial successes, said an expert. Despite impressive growth rate in recent years, the Vietnamese startup community has not made breakthroughs to go global and created tech unicorns capable of competing with regional standouts such […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s foreign exchange reserve slightly fell to US$124.3 billion in September after hitting a 17-months high of $126.4 billion in the previous month, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced on Monday. The decline was mainly driven by payments of the government’s external debt as well as reduced deposits of banks’ foreign exchange in the central bank’s account, […]
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