Thailand expects it will benefit from the spillover tourism from the Laos-China Railway when China fully opens its borders in 2023. The Thaiger reports that the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) anticipates around 3 million Chinese travelers will travel through the 423 km railway line that runs between Boten, a northern Lao town on the border […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The telco industry has asked President Marcos to allocate a yearly budget not only for physical infrastructure, but also for digital assets to achieve his push for universal connectivity. PLDT president and CEO Alfredo Panlilio told The STAR that telco executives in the Private Sector Advisory Council have requested that the government […]
Read MoreTo achieve the projected growth rate of 6.6 percent in 2023 and take the gross domestic product (GDP) to 131,276 billion riels or about $32,291 million, the Cambodian economy will have to be supported by key economic sectors. The industrial sector is projected to grow at 9.2 percent in 2023, similar to the 2022 growth […]
Read MoreAt least three foreign automobile manufacturers in the last year have chosen Vietnam as a potential market to seek investment opportunities and use it as a springboard to export cars to regional countries. According to the ASEAN Automotive Federation (AAF), 201,840 cars were bought from January to July. With the figure, Vietnam ranks fourth in […]
Read MoreBusinesses can apply the circular economy model to help the government reduce plastic waste and prevent its release into the ocean, which threatens to have a serious impact on the marine ecosystem and human health. Without good waste management, it is expected that there will be up to 12 billion tonnes of plastic garbage in the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Despite the series of interest rate hikes, credit growth accelerated further to the fastest pace in more than two years at 13.4 percent in September from 12.2 percent in August due to higher loan demand from both corporate and household borrowers, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Based on BSP […]
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