The Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s government is scheduled to integrate an additional 15 – 20 public online procedures to the national public services portal on March 13, with a focus on e-payment services. Amid the spread of Covid-19 epidemic, the collection of fees for online public services through e-payment methods has significant meaning as it minimizes interactions […]
Read MorePUTRAJAYA: On its first day at work, the new Perikatan Nasional Cabinet wasted no time and has set up the Economic Action Council (EAC) to address economic woes. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Malaysia was suffering from the global oil price dip as well as the Covid-19 outbreak. “The EAC will sit every […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore is bracing for a harder hit to tourism than initially expected from the coronavirus as the outbreak spreads to more than 100 countries, impacting global travel plans, Communications and Information Minister S. Iswaran said. “Now it’s really the fact that there’s a global spread of this virus and therefore we will have to […]
Read MoreAmid COVID-19 outbreak MANILA, Philippines — The country is planning to borrow more from domestic and foreign debt markets to plug the wider budget deficit this year arising from lower revenue collections amid the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19, according to the Department of Finance. DOF Secretary Carlos Dominguez said the government […]
Read MoreThe Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has set a lofty goal for local tourists to take 200 million domestic trips this year, while the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is mulling the prospect of postponing Songkran to July. The greater challenge for Thai tourism is to boost the number of domestic trips to maintain jobs […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s rice inventory maintained its upward momentum in February, given a continued open market regime. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that total rice inventory stood at 2.37 million metric tons (MT) in February, up 11 percent from the previous year. However, the current inventory is 11.2 percent […]
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