MANILA: The Philippines has approved a plan to allow entry soon to foreign tourists vaccinated against Covid-19, its tourism ministry said on Friday, following moves by other Southeast Asian countries to relax travel curbs. The coronavirus task force “approved in principle the entry of fully vaccinated tourists” from countries with low Covid-19 cases, the ministry […]
Read MoreThe Finance Ministry has imposed anti-dumping duty on steel and fibreglass measuring tapes imported from Cambodia and Singapore. This follows the Designated Authority in the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), concluding a circumvention in the anti-dumping duty imposed on such tapes originating from China. The Designated Authority had, in September 2021, in its final […]
Read MoreThe year 2021 will be the fifth in a row that Vietnam remains in the top 10 in terms of remittance. Vietnam has moved up one notch to be the world’s eighth-largest remittance recipient with an inflow of US$18.1 billion in 2021, accounting for 4.9% of its GDP while last year the figure was $17.2 […]
Read MoreThe baht opened at 32.58 to the US dollar on Friday, unchanged from Thursday’s closing rate. The Thai currency is likely to move between 32.50 and 32.65 to the greenback during the day, Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool predicted. Poon said that the baht might strengthen if the dollar weakens. The dollar will weaken […]
Read MoreThe Finance Ministry has yet to consider cutting the diesel excise tax and will continue to use the Oil Fund to stabilise the retail diesel price, said Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith. Truckers have renewed their call for the price of diesel to be capped at 25 baht per litre. The move was organised by the […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The ringgit opened slightly higher against the US dollar today following mixed signal coming from the United States (US) Federal Reserve officials amidst lower than expected housing starts statistics, said an analyst. At 9am, the local note rose to 4.1750/1770 versus the greenback from 4.1795/1810 at yesterday’s close. Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul […]
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