Domestic sugar manufacturers have begun to ramp up production capacity in response to the government’s call to stabilize prices ahead of the Ramadan festivities as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted supplies, a top official has said. Ten refined sugar manufacturers have produced around 90,000 tons of consumer sugar out the 250,000-ton target from the government […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Air, rail and road passenger transport will run at normal frequency across the country. The Ministry of Transport has allowed all the provinces and cities to increase the frequency of aircraft, trains and bus passenger transport from April 29 after loosening social distancing orders were loosened and the country will enter a four-day […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Fresh funds will be funneled by the government to two flagship programs meant to assist formal and informal workers displaced by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), one of which was earlier suspended for lack of funds. An additional 530,000 workers will get assisted by the combined P2.5 billion new allocations for the COVID-19 adjustment […]
Read MoreThe manufacturing production index (MPI) declined for the 11th straight month in March, down 11.25% from a year earlier, hurt by lower production of cars, sugar and petroleum, the industry ministry said on Wednesday. The performance compared with a forecast drop of 6.25% in a Reuters poll, and against February’s revised decline of 4.24%. Capacity […]
Read MoreThe Transportation Ministry has temporarily restricted passenger travel during the period of April 24 until May 31 in an effort to prevent an Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) as the country struggles to contain the spread of COVID-19 across the archipelago. The mudik ban, which is based on Transportation Ministry Regulation No. 25/2020 signed by acting minister Luhut Pandjaitan on April 23, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Multinational companies have more favorable conditions in exercising tax avoidance, and to a larger extend, tax evasion, compared to their peers in the state and private sectors. Tax evasion and avoidance practices are causing annual losses of up to VND20.7 trillion (US$885 million) to Vietnam’s tax revenue during the 2013 – 2017 period, […]
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