SINGAPORE’S retail sales rose 1.9 per cent year on year in November, slowing from the previous month’s 7.5 per cent rise, according to a Department of Statistics (Singstat) release on Wednesday (Jan 5). But October’s high figure had been partly driven by increased mobile phone sales due to new launches, noted Singstat. Food and beverage services […]
Read More[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s state utility secured an extra 7.5 million tonnes of coal supplies on Tuesday, helping to avert power outages, boost stocks and increase the chances of the government lifting its export ban soon. Indonesia, the world’s top exporter of the coal used in power plants and China’s largest overseas supplier, on Saturday announced a […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 ― The ringgit opened lower against the US dollar today as technical correction continues due to profit-taking activities amid firmer oil prices, dealers said. At 9am, the local currency was traded at 4.1920/1932 against the greenback from 4.1860/1880 at yesterday’s close. The climb in crude oil prices, which saw Brent crude […]
Read MoreSpecialised industrial zones are getting the go-ahead in Vietnam, ushering in new activities from investors looking to get involved in increasingly modern ecological models and high-tech projects. Kinh Bac City Development JSC (KBC) last week received in-principle approval for a new 200-hectare industrial zone (IZ) in the northern province of Hung Yen. KBC’s CEO Nguyen […]
Read MoreCambodia exported 28,074 tonnes of pepper last year, a skyrocket increase of 452 percent compared to a year before, said a report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Forestry. Vietnam was the biggest market of the Kingdom’s pepper export last year, importing some 27,111 tonnes or 96.5 percent of the total export amount, read […]
Read MoreAt a time when the need to guard against cyber threats is more urgent than ever, 52% of the cybersecurity technology used by companies in Thailand is considered not up to the task, say tech professionals surveyed by Cisco Systems. The findings are part of the multinational networking equipment company’s global survey, “Security Outcomes Study […]
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