Yang Ming Marine Transportation Co, the largest Taiwan-based global shipping logistics services company, will soon service the China-Vietnam-Cambodia (CVK) shipping route. A company press release announced that the CVK service will commence in less than two weeks following a route composed of the following cities (in order of arrival): Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Da Nang, Ho […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The World Bank has downgraded its 2019 growth forecast for the Philippines to 5.8 percent, taking into account the weak and uncertain external environment and the slowdown in public investments in the first semester. In its Philippines Economic Update, the multilateral bank has downgraded its 2019 growth forecast for the Philippines from […]
Read MoreSpeaking at the closing press conference of the week-long 51st Asean Economic Ministers and related meetings on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said that Asean and the six partner countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) have agreed to conclude RCEP negotiations by the end of this year and have […]
Read MoreAmong the key measures included in “Thailand Plus Package”, a new package drawn up to attract foreign investment, is the easing of procedure for foreign investors in applying for visa and work permit. Citing a Cabinet decision on September 10 approving the new measures, Phalang Pracharat spokesman Kobsak Pootrakool said under the new package, foreign […]
Read More[JAKARTA] SoftBank-backed ride hailer Grab is in talks to merge OVO, an Indonesian digital payments firm in which it owns shares, with an Ant Financial-backed local peer to build heft and power ahead of archrival Gojek, people familiar with the matter said. A deal would see Singapore-based Grab buy a majority interest in Ant-backed DANA […]
Read MoreThailand ranked 25th out of 64 destinations to live and work worldwide in the Expat Insider 2019 survey by InterNations. The survey provides in-depth information about expats’ satisfaction with quality of life, ease of settling in, working life, personal finance, cost of living and family life in their country of residence. Published for the sixth […]
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