The World Bank’s Regional Vice-Presidency of the East Asia and Pacific Region yesterday approved US 18 million for Lao PDR to help the country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lao PDR COVID-19 Response Project supports preparedness and emergency response activities including infection prevention and control, case detection and contact tracing, case management and risk […]
Read MoreThe government says that it will work to ensure that food supplies are accessible to all levels of society during the Thingyan holidays even as the country tackles the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. This was announced by the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of COVID-19 in a statement released on April […]
Read MoreThailand’s inflation rate may be as low as -1% this year as the escalating spread of Covid-19 has weakened overall domestic demand. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, the planning unit of the Commerce Ministry, said a -1% inflation rate would be Thailand’s lowest ever. The inflation rate was -0.9% in […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s largest fuel distributor, state-owned Pertamina, has launched a free door-to-door delivery service for customers in Pekanbaru, Riau, to facilitate physical distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The energy giant deployed four motorcycles earlier this week to deliver gasoline, diesel, lubricants and 5.5-kilogram liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) canisters around Pekanbaru. The service is available from 8 a.m. […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The nationwide inflation rate slowed down in March due mainly to lower demand for transportation, fuel as well as alcoholic beverages and tobacco, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. The headline consumer price index eased to 2.5 percent in March from 2.6 percent in February and 3.3 percent in March 2019. […]
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has increased the Consumer Price Index (CPI) , according to a monthly report from the Ministry of Commerce. The CPI is based on daily basic products including rice, meat, fish, face masks and hand sanitisers in eight cities and provinces from March 2 to April 6. According to the report, rice prices […]
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