The Hanoitimes – State-owned enterprises and agriculture, which once monopolized the economy, are losing prominence as the nation works to achieve sustainable development through more open trade and industry. Vietnam overcame regional peers in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore to rank 8th among the world’s leading 29 countries to invest in, up from 23rd […]
Read MoreSticky rice have been smuggled into the country, but ironically it has helped curb soaring price, said Chukiat Opaswong, honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association. Some merchants, he said, had smuggled 100,000 tonnes of glutinous rice into the country from Vietnam via Thailand’s neighboring countries, adding that they were then mixed with Thai […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has set up a panel to fast-track investments as it seeks to woo businesses affected by the China trade dispute and it approved more than $500 million in new proposals this month, a government minister said. An increasing number of US and Chinese businesses have been moving manufacturing out of China to […]
Read MoreThe European Association for Business and Commerce (EABC) has proposed an immediate end to the TM30 24-hour reporting and TM28 change-of-permanent-address immigration forms. The EABC represents the interests of the European business community in the kingdom. It submitted the request to Thai officials including Kobsak Pootrakool, deputy secretary-general for political affairs to the prime minister; […]
Read MoreAsia’s oil-reliant economies could take a hit if crude prices remain higher, with Singapore facing potential fallout in the form of inflation, analysts said on Monday. They were responding to the surge in oil prices after drone strikes on Saudi Arabian production facilities last weekend, which took out about five per cent of the global […]
Read MoreBrunei Darussalam’s Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) was at 89.2 in Q2 2019, a decrease of 1.6 per cent year-on-year compared to Q2 2018 and a decrease of 2.5 per-cent quarter-on-quarter compared to Q1 2019. Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) published the RPPI for the second quarter of 2019 yesterday. According to a press release, […]
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