More than 30 Myanmar business people attended the Indonesia-Myanmar Business Gathering at a hotel in Yangon last week. The gathering organised by the Indonesian Embassy in cooperation with the International Business Promotion Centre held business-to-business meetings for 10 Indonesian representatives from six companies and their Myanmar counterparts. Among the dignitaries at the event were U […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The rights of doing business have mainly been in the area of “what”, while “how” and “how much”, among others, still have much to be discussed, said an expert. Since the first version of the Law on Enterprise that came into effect in 1991, freedom of doing business in Vietnam has partly been […]
Read MoreThe Bank of Thailand’s decision to ease its key policy rate for a second time in 2019 and introduce measures to curb the strength of the baht will reduce the need for further easing in 2020 in our view. As such, we now forecast the central bank will keep its policy rate on hold through […]
Read MoreFinance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati says she sees the glass half full, with tax collection showing early signs of recovery after 10 months of being sluggish. “We are monitoring tax revenue on a monthly basis. Some [types of taxes] recorded a turning point [in revenue growth],” said Sri Mulyani in Jakarta on Monday. Workers’ income […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is set to launch peer-to-peer transactions using the national quick response (QR) code, as it expands the list of government transactions covered by electronic payments. Vicente de Villa, managing director of the BSP’s Financial Technology Sub-Sector, said the use of QR codes for peer-to-peer transactions would […]
Read MoreThe coastal province of Preah Sihanouk will soon be home to four more special economic zones, bringing the total number of industrial parks there to nine, the prime minister said Saturday. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for an ambitious road restoration project, Prime Minister Hun Sen said the new industrial parks will open soon, helping […]
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