LAO Prime Minister ThonglounSisoulith has called on senior government officials in charge of economic affairs to explore ways to ensure that all revenue streams are fully utilised and to spur economic growth. The premier made the statement at a meeting held to disseminate and encourage the implementation of the resolution agreed at the 7th Plenary […]
Read MoreBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Xinhua) – Brunei’s largest consumer fair is expected to draw crowds of up to 120,000 people as it kicks off on Wednesday. The 22nd Consumer Fair will be held from Wednesday to Sunday at the International Convention Centre in Brunei. According to D’Sunlit Sdn Bhd, a representative from organisers, the fair will […]
Read MoreIn 2018 Cambodia experienced the third largest increase in international tourists in Asean, behind only Vietnam and Indonesia, according to data recently released by the Ministry of Tourism. Last year, the number of international tourists visiting the Kingdom grew by 11 percent, a rate surpassed only by Indonesia, where foreign tourist arrivals grew by 11.6 […]
Read MoreHANOI: Vietnam won’t devalue the dong to boost exports even as the US-China tension starts to hurt South-East Asia’s trade-reliant economies. “We will keep the dong stable,” Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in an interview with Bloomberg TV’s Haslinda Amin. “That’s our policy.” “Investors, both domestic and international, have been confident in growing […]
Read MoreMANILA: Easing inflation likely lifted the Philippines economy’s growth pace a little in 2018’s fourth quarter, a Reuters poll showed, giving the central bank more flexibility in managing interest rates. The median forecast from 12 economists was for gross domestic product for the December quarter to have expanded by 6.2% from a year earlier, marginally […]
Read MoreAsian markets on Monday built on last week’s rally as investors cheered a report that China had offered to eliminate its massive trade surplus with the US, while data showed Chinese economic growth hit forecasts last year. Regional equities picked up where they finished on Friday after Bloomberg said Beijing had pledged to ramp up […]
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