The Hanoitimes – If improvements are measured only by year-on-year statistics and without comparison to the rest of the world, Vietnam would lack motivation for reform and fall behind others in a rapidly changing world. Vietnam’s efforts to improve its business environment remain inconsistent, resulting in lower ranking in the World Bank’s latest Doing Business report […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines can attract more hospitality players to invest into the country with the improvement in its ease of doing business ranking, a property services firm said. “The improvement rankings are important especially if we are to entice more foreign hospitality players to invest in the Philippines,” Colliers International Philippines research manager […]
Read MoreThe Commerce Ministry’s Department of International Trade Promotion has announced it will adopt seven measures to soften the impact of the US suspension of trade benefits for Thailand. Somdet Susomboon, the department’s acting director-general, on Monday said the department has prepared the seven measures to mitigate the impact of the US action which will see US$1.3 […]
Read MoreThe Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) has approved Thai developer Amata Group’s proposal to develop a smart industrial estate project in Yangon Region. Amata Group is a Thai-listed developer headquartered in Bangkok known for its work on industrial estates. A meeting of the Myanmar Investment Commission on October 21 approved the development and operation of the […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s Ministry of Energy and Electricity has finally disclosed the tender results for five emergency power projects, one and a half months after issuing the letters of acceptance and following earlier Myanmar Times reports. The government issued a tender for five projects in June to bring in plants and barges with the aim of adding 1070 megawatts […]
Read MoreThe Bank of Thailand is finding it tough to stop the baht from surging. The currency advanced as much as 0.3% on Friday to 30.187 per dollar, the strongest level since May 2013. That takes its gain to 7.8% this year, more than any of its emerging-market peers except Russia’s ruble. The gains have defied […]
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