The cabinet has approved the extension of the (We Travel Together ) scheme to cover an additional 2 million people, to boost domestic tourism. The cabinet meeting on Tuesday, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, approved the third-phase extension of the stimulus package. The cabinet also approved a packaged tour stimulus programme, Tour Tiew Thai. […]
Read MoreGlobal funds will continue to have unfettered access to Thai bonds even when a rule on registration takes effect, the central bank said as it sought to allay concern the regulation could be used to curb speculative flows. The proposal, which will kick off in October, requires foreign funds to open segregated onshore accounts instead […]
Read MoreHoteliers are pressing the government to speed up the sluggish Covid-19 vaccination programme by using an emergency decree to put the entry process in the fast track and setting July as the earliest date to reopen. William Heinecke, founder and chairman of Minor International (MINT), said the government had already missed the opportunity to secure […]
Read MoreTRANSPORT operators in Malaysia and Indonesia are among the Asian infrastructure players tipped to benefit from the recovery in the regional infrastructure sector. The growth will be led by the sea transport industry, which is getting a boost from port throughput volume as the global economy recovers and trade improves. “Rated port operators were relatively […]
Read MoreThe number of both fixed and mobile internet subscribers in Cambodia increased last year because of high demand to be online during the virus pandemic, while the number of SIM card subscribers reportedly decreased. More than 16 million people including mobile and fixed internet users were registered as internet subscribers last year, said Chea Vandeth, […]
Read MoreWhile many developed countries have been struggling with the pandemic, Vietnam has maintained a trade surplus of nearly $1.29 billion in the first two months of 2021. However, a large portion of this relies on foreign-invested enterprises, a fact that government officials and economists want to balance with their domestic counterparts. Samsung Vietnam can look […]
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