The Hanoitimes – The report on Provincial Open Budget Index (POBI) was first made public in 2017 to assess the transparency level in the management of provincial budget nationwide. Less than half of Vietnam’s 63 provinces and cities failed to obtain the average score of 50 in the Provincial Open Budget Index (POBI), which measures the […]
Read MoreBRUNEI Darussalam’s total trade in March 2019 increased by 12.7 per cent to BND1,290.2 million compared to March 2018. Total exports increased year on year by 16.7 per cent to BND880.2 million. The increase was supported mainly by increase in the export of Crude Oil by 25 per cent and the export of Liquefied Natural Gas […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Commerce (MOC) will now allow foreign and joint venture companies to export specific food and commodity items, according to Notification 24/2019 released on June 6. Foreign companies with recommendations from relevant ministries can buy the commodities from local producers will be issued licenses to export the goods. The aim is to raise […]
Read MoreAutomotive output in May dropped by 6.11% year-on-year to 181,338 units on an export slowdown, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on Thursday. The output represented a 20.7% increase from April. Surapong Paisitpatanapong, spokesman of the FTI’s automotive industry club, said the production of passenger cars and pickup trucks for exports fell last month. […]
Read MoreThe Energy Fund Administration Institute (EFAI) is considering terminating price subsidies for gasohol and biodiesel within three years because the existing structure interferes with the stability of local fuel prices. The EFAI plans to hire the Petroleum Institute of Thailand to study the feasibility of the measure. EFAI director Viraphol Jirapraditkul said four types of gasohol […]
Read MoreSingapore ride-hailing giant Grab held talks to acquire payments provider 2C2P Pte and was turned down, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of the ambitions Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup has in financial services. Grab was one of multiple possible bidders interested in 2C2P with preliminary offers ranging up to about $200 […]
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