Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah yesterday announced that updates have been made to the guidelines for cross-border travel for transport operators and runners. “With the consent of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni […]
Read MoreMany Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing cash flow problems triggered by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, stated a survey by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI). According to the survey, some 85% of SMEs have scaled down their market, resulting in 60% of firms facing cash flow issues. Further, only 50% […]
Read MoreThe government is in the process of providing money for the unemployed affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but the total amount is as yet unknown, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. Heng Sour, the Ministry of Labour’s spokesman, said yesterday that now it is hard to specify the exact amount because each […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s economy is heading into turbulence as the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to further batter growth after the country recorded the weakest economic expansion since 2001 in the first quarter of the year, economists have warned. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.97 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first three months of the year […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Malls half-empty with long queues outside entrances manned by guards. Most eateries shuttered. Inside those that are open, patrons seated at tables set more than a metre apart, in a bid to reduce guest capacity, with only a handful of waiters to serve them. For retailers, this imagined “new normal” […]
Read MoreThailand’s consumer prices may contract by as much as 2.28% in the second quarter because of worldwide lockdown measures to deal with the pandemic, the global oil price slump and relatively poor domestic demand, according to the Commerce Ministry’s planning unit. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, said Thailand’s inflation remains […]
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