The Hanoitimes – The cooperation framework would support mobilizing capital from the private sector and developing financial markets for infrastructure development, in turn helping Vietnam realize its priorities in the field in near future, said a Vietnamese vice finance minister. Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) on November 6 signed a cooperation framework to strengthen infrastructure finance […]
Read MoreASEAN’S consumer sector is set to have a soft start to 2020, with the outlook “dampened by macro headwinds and soft consumer sentiments”, according to a Jan 6 DBS Group Research report. The Philippines seems like the main outlier, with an expected rebound after consumption was hit in 2018-2019. Even though Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand […]
Read MoreThe government is looking to reform five issues in the current Labor Law that some say have deterred investment into the country through an omnibus bill on job creation. Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah said the bill was still being discussed at the Coordinating Economic Ministry and that the discussions were expected to conclude next week […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Consumer prices for the country’s poorest households rose at a faster pace in November 2019, with prices accelerating more in areas outside Metro Manila, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. The growth in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the bottom 30 percent income households accelerated to 1.7 percent in November […]
Read MoreDeputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has given a deadline to the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office to speed up contract signings with private companies for the three remaining megaprojects by March. “Schedules to begin construction have been delayed and government plans for these projects are very important for EEC development,” he said. The flagship EEC […]
Read MoreWith Vietnam’s economic relationship with Cambodia being significantly stronger than its other Asean partners, Vietnamese ambassador Vu Quang Minh said the two countries’ trade volume will reach $5.2 billion annually. “The figure exceeds the $5 billion target set by the prime ministers of the two countries earlier,” he said. Total trade volume for 2018 reached […]
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