Eateries are braving the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis, with the government’s latest announcement to ban dining-in at restaurants across high-risk areas including Bangkok through July anticipated to aggravate their plight. Nongchanok Stananonth, assistant vice-president of marketing at SLRT, operator of Sizzler restaurant chain, said that with the new measure, 31 Sizzler restaurants out of 57 have […]
Read MoreThe income of the owners of villas and street-front houses has dropped dramatically over the last year because of low demand. Many owners have been told to pay tax if their revenue is over VND100 million a year. Located at the crossroads of a busy street in Linh Dam in Hoang Mai district in Hanoi, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year with the Pacific Alliance (PA), a trading bloc of four Latin American nations – Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan said on Tuesday (June 29) the agreement will enable businesses on both sides to […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Inflation for the year is seen breaching the government’s upper target and to average at 5.3 percent, more than double the 2020 level, as elevated oil prices and meat supply remain a concern, a foreign think tank said. In its weekly monitor, UK-based Pantheon Macroeconomics said headline inflation the rate of increase […]
Read MoreEconomic recovery across the Asia-Pacific region is likely to be patchy, with some countries seeing higher growth than their neighbours, thanks to a faster roll out of Coronavirus vaccines, according to Moody’s Analytics. It says well-managed Covid-containment policies will also help some Asian economies rebound, even as governments ease stimulus spending, while countries that have […]
Read MoreThe Vietnamese automaker wants to engage Lao consumers through a local group. Lao Phongsubthavy Group Company would be the exclusive distributor of the Vietnamese automaker VinFast cars in Laos, according to a memorandum of understanding between the two sides. The signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the Vietnamese automaker and Phongsubthavy Group Company […]
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