The Hanoitimes – Due to travel restrictions, disbursement of FDI projects in Vietnam totaled US$6.7 billion in the first five months of 2020, down 8.2% year-on-year. Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Vietnam in May is estimated at US$1.55 billion, the highest monthly figure since February, a report of the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under […]
Read MoreBank Central Asia (BCA) has seen a jump in its digital banking transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic as it works to ramp up its new digital banking arm. BCA, the largest private bank in Indonesia, recorded a 91 percent annual rise in the number of mobile banking transactions to 1.29 billion, while the number of […]
Read MoreAround 25 international flights are entering and leaving Cambodia every week mostly from China, according to Cambodia’s State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA). The information came from SSCA’s spokesman Sin Chansereyvutha, who said that inbound and outbound flights are coming from China, South Korea and the Philippines, with charter flights from Taiwan, and Vietnam. There […]
Read MoreThe government has set July 1 for the lift of all business and activity lockdowns ordered earlier to cope with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), said the National Security Council chief. These include interprovincial and international travel, as well as the end of emergency decree and curfew. NSC secretary-general Gen Somsak Rungsita said on Thursday […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — The government is anticipating more businesses to reopen next week after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration and resume their full productivity level in the coming weeks. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said this will ensure that jobs are kept intact and businesses can run […]
Read MoreAfter the lockdown eased, the three most popular activities for Thais were to have their hair cut, travel and eat out, says Ipsos, a global market research firm. Around 1,000 Thais aged 18-74 participated in Ipsos’s online survey, which was conducted from May 14-18. The most popular activity after the lockdown was having a haircut, […]
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