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Thailand: Call for travel bubbles

Tourism operators have called for reciprocity on Thailand’s reopening scheme, urging the government to launch travel bubbles with other countries to completely remove quarantine on both sides. Suthiphong Pheunphiphop, president of the Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA), said the Nov 1 reopening scheme without quarantine and area restrictions for 46 countries will also enable Thai […]

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Thailand: KResearch upgrades 2021 growth forecast

Kasikorn Research Center (KResearch) has upgraded its 2021 economic growth projection to an expansion of 0.2% from the previously forecast 0.5% contraction, and with the projection of next year’s growth at 3.7%. Possible risk factors next year include high oil prices and inflation. KResearch holds the view that the economy in 2021 should post higher […]

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Thailand: Sept factory output falls 1.28% y/y

The manufacturing production index (MPI) for September showed a smaller than expected drop of 1.28% from a year earlier, the Industry Ministry said on Wednesday. This followed an easing of coronavirus restrictions. The reading compared with a forecast for a 3.0% fall in output in a Reuters poll and August’s revised 4.71% decline.  Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2204963/sept-factory-output-falls-1-28-y-y

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Vietnam: Salary increase in 2021 lowest in last decade

Salary increases at multinational companies this year are expected to be marginally down from 2020 and rise slightly next year. At local companies they increased slightly, and are likely to remain steady in 2022, according to the Talentnet – Mercer Total Remuneration Survey. While quite a bit higher than the inflation rate, the rates of […]

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