Index Creative Village Plc, an event organiser and marketing service company, expects the overall event industry to resume growth this year after two consecutive years of decline due to the pandemic. Kriengkrai Kanjanapokin, the company’s co-founder and chief executive, said Thailand’s event industry dropped from 14-15 billion baht in value in 2019 to 7 billion […]
Read More[JAKARTA] Indonesia, the world’s biggest thermal coal exporter, has allowed 37 loaded coal vessels to depart after they secured approvals from authorities, the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime and Investment Affairs said on Thursday (Jan 13). In a statement, the ministry said an export ban implemented on Jan 1 had been eased for miners that had […]
Read MoreA recovery in domestic demand in emerging Asia will help many of the region’s economies achieve stronger growth this year than in 2021, according to Fitch Solutions. However, it warned that tourism-dependent economies will face an uneven recovery. “While many Asian emerging markets will see slowing export growth in 2022, we’re going to see a […]
Read MoreIn a major relief to a large section of people, the Ministry of Economy and Finance announced the exemption of value-added tax or VAT on basic food items for two years starting from 2022. The ministry in a statement issued on January 11 said that the VAT exemption is for two years starting from January […]
Read MoreWhile affordable apartments are no longer seen in Hanoi and HCM City, apartments priced at hundreds of billions of dong are becoming popular. The real estate market saw real estate projects selling at record high prices in 2021. The Ministry of Construction (MOC) in the second quarter of 2021 reported that Spirit Of Saigon in […]
Read MoreSoaring food prices are taking a bigger bite of people’s income and are believed to be intensifying political pressure on — and even shaking the stability of — the coalition government, which has a little over one year left in office. As the price hikes look set to add to the public’s financial burden and no […]
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