Vietnam attends a ministerial-level talk of the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). Amid the complicated development of Covid-19, the CPTPP deal makes positive contributions to the recovery of the economy, trade, and supply chains in a world that has been severely affected by the pandemic, ministers from the CPTPP member countries […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Filipinos need to stay vigilant amid the jump in online fraud cases over the past three months, global payments firm WorldRemit said. Earl Melivo, country director for the Philippines at WorldRemit, said the number of fraud cases has increased amid the accelerated growth in the use of digital methods of making payments […]
Read MoreRice exporters are growing concerned about the prospects for Thai hom mali rice because of expensive freight rates and greater supplies. Charoen Laothammatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said shipments remain stalled because of a shortage of workers as well as logistics and transport problems following the government’s lockdown measures to prevent coronavirus […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Local shares finished in the green on Thursday, as investors’ optimism on vaccination rates trump concerns on the country’s elevated virus caseload. The 30-member Philippine Stock Exchange index gained 0.72% to close at 6,834.66. The broader All Shares index, meanwhile, inched up 0.40%. All sub-indices ended in the positive territory, with mining and oil […]
Read MoreThe tourism minister has defended the country’s reopening plan as promised by the prime minister, stating that five more provinces including Bangkok should be ready for visitors from October, followed by another 21 provinces nationwide. During the no-confidence debate on Wednesday, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, the tourism and sports minister, said after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha vowed […]
Read MoreCambodia exported 5.54 million tons of agricultural products in the first eight months of 2021, up 89.7 percent from 2.92 million tons over the same period last year, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon said on Wednesday. Shipped to 66 countries and regions, the Southeast Asian nation earned gross revenue of $3.23 billion […]
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