Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara has been named the Best Halal Tourist Destination on the 2019 Indonesia Muslim Travel Index (IMTI), followed by destinations in Aceh, Riau, Riau Islands and Jakarta. On the latest index released Monday, Lombok received a score of 70, the highest among the assessed top 10 halal tourist destinations in Indonesia, conducted […]
Read MoreThe Internal Revenue Department (IRD) has been spending K3 billion annually buying tax stickers from other countries, said Daw Swe Swe Khaing, deputy director of that department. “Approximately, we spend K3 billion buying tax stamps per year,” she said yesterday. The stamps Local private firms were invited to take part in a tender to import […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Many enterprises in the state of Thuringen have expressed interest in committing long-term businesses in Vietnam. Germany’s eastern federal state of Thuringen supports the signing of EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), Thuringen’s Minister-President Bodo Ramelow has stated. Thuringen is expected to serve as a bridge for Vietnamese enterprises to access the […]
Read MoreEntrepreneurs receiving cash from business activities will be scrutinised by authorities more vigorously than those opting to register via an official online payment platform, says the Bank of Thailand. Business owners or merchants that avoid payment via the PromptPay money transfer platform will be monitored by relevant authorities more closely than those that offer online payment, said […]
Read MoreLao President Bounnhang Vorachith called for more Lao workers to be employed by the Laos-China Railway Project when he visited a section of the railway under construction in Vientiane on Friday. According to project reports, about 16,000 people are employed in the construction of the 414km railway, of whom about 4,500 are Lao. The railway […]
Read MoreHSBC has announced a series of recommendations for how Southeast Asia can better attract private investment for projects that are both economically and environmentally sustainable. Presented to Asean finance ministers last week ahead of their annual ministerial summit, the recommendations were a response to the disproportionate impact of climate change on the region, along with […]
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