The government remains adamant it is continuing its long-delayed Dawei special economic zone (DSEZ) project and vows to find solutions to obstacles at a tripartite meeting between Thailand, Japan and Myanmar. Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, who is chairman of the Thai-Myanmar Joint High-Level Committee (JHC) for the DSEZ, said Thailand’s government agencies are looking […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Investments for projects approved by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) went down by nearly a fifth last year amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In a statement, PEZA said it approved P95.03 billion worth of projects last year, 19 percent lower than the P117.5 billion in 2019. Also, only 326 […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The total number of pig herds in Vietnam is estimated at 27.3 million as of present, up 20% against early 2020 and equivalent to 87% of the pig herd before the outbreak of the African Swine Fever. Since January 1, 2021, Vietnam has imported more than 53,000 live pigs and 600 tons of […]
Read MoreMoody’s Investors Service said recently that its Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) remains elevated as liquidity remains weak for 45 of 138 rated high-yield companies. The ALSI measures the percentage of high-yield (HY) companies with Moody’s weakest speculative-grade liquidity score (SGL-4) as a proportion of the total number of corporate family ratings, the credit rating […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The growth in the country’s money supply continued to ease for the sixth consecutive month in November 2020 as credit demand remained weak amid a pandemic-induced slowdown in business activities and consumer spending, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday. Preliminary data from the central bank showed that domestic liquidity, as […]
Read MoreSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have taken a slight upper hand in the negotiation of commercial rental prices across the Kingdom as COVID-19 is still hindering the property sector. Since March 2020, COVID-19 has caused numerous businesses to shut down, some under government instruction, others because of business owner fear of infection and the general […]
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