Canada and ASEAN members pledged to strengthen their economic ties at the Canada-ASEAN Business Council’s (CABC) annual general meeting. The meeting last week, attended by 65 CABC members, listed three initiatives that would help promote more trade between Canada, the tenth largest economy in the world, and the ASEAN membership. The first was a potential […]
Read MoreThe Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA) is concerned about the slow vaccination plan and dependence on the tourism sandbox scheme to restart tourism within Asia by the fourth quarter. Suthiphong Pheunphiphop, the TTAA president, said outbound travel will not start until the inbound market returns. Yet several obstacles remain for foreigners wishing to visit Thailand […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is confident of attracting more foreign investment this year after a big decline in 2020, and is looking at incentives to help support that goal, its finance minister said on Monday. Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said in an interview that incentives had traditionally been linked to the size of investments, but that […]
Read MoreThe consumer price index (CPI), a gauge of headline inflation, shrank 0.08% year-on-year in March, the lowest contraction rate in 13 months, following the rise of global oil prices and gradual economic recovery. March’s CPI fared better than February’s which saw a drop of 1.17%, buoyed by rising demand for domestic and global fuel as […]
Read MoreVietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) is set to average 2.89% in 2021, below the government’s target of 4%. Inflationary pressure has forced central banks around the world, including those from Russia, Brazil, or Turkey, to raise their respective policy rates in the first quarter, but in case of Vietnam, inflation should not be a source […]
Read MoreAFP – Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key markets – but they may struggle to find talent in the city-state. Messaging-and-gaming behemoth Tencent is opening a hub and TikTok owner ByteDance is on a hiring spree after establishing a regional HQ, while […]
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