The Hanoitimes – The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement will provide a big push for Vietnamese exports and open up market access to the 28-nation bloc. The European Union (EU) and Vietnam will sign a long-awaited bilateral free trade agreement on Sunday [June 30] after a series of lobbying efforts by the Vietnamese side. The Council of […]
Read MoreINDONESIA’S tax office will postpone until next year the purchase of new US$200 million software to analyse compliance and boost revenues in South-east Asia’s largest economy, the country’s tax chief said on Tuesday. The resource-rich nation last year announced that it would upgrade its outdated tax technology, following the success of its 2016-2017 tax amnesty […]
Read MoreBANGKOK (Bangkok Post) – A new daily train service between Bangkok and Ban Klong Luk border station in Sa Kaeo province will start running on July 1, the State Railway of Thailand announced. For in depth analysis of Cambodian Business, visit Capital Cambodia There will be four trips a day, two in each direction, acting SRT […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Businesses turned more optimistic for the second straight quarter in the second quarter, but Filipino consumers are wary of higher prices and expenses, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday. Redentor Paolo Alegre, director of the central bank’s Department of Economic Statistics (DES), said results of the latest Business Expectation Survey […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Kasikornbank subsidiary KVision had earmarked US$245 million to invest in Thai and foreign startups, particularly those in Vietnam. Kasikornbank, Thailand’s second-largest lender, is partnering with state-run Vietnam’s Business Startup Support Center (BSSC) to help Thai and Vietnamese startups with their regional expansion plans, Nikkei Asian Review reported. Following a memorandum of understanding signed […]
Read MoreThe Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is calling on the Bank of Thailand to launch new measures to rein in the baht’s rapid gains after the currency hit a more than six-year high, aiming to prevent the export slump from deepening. “The baht is making wild swings and is strong,” said chairman Supant Mongkolsuthree. “The […]
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