The shortage of cold storage for transporting fresh agricultural products and strict measures in importing countries during Covid-19 have caused disruptions in the export of Cambodia’s agricultural products, said the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. In a statement issued yesterday, the ministry said that the factors that affected the export of fresh agricultural products […]
Read MoreAccording to statistics of the Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA), non-cash payment activities via the Internet grew by 48.8% in volume and 32.6% in transaction value in 2021 compared to 2020. At the same time, payment via mobile phone and QR Code channels increased by 76.2% and 87.5%, respectively. In contrast, the proportion of cash withdrawal […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) filed another petition for minimum wage hikes, this time in Calabarzon and the Bicol region, in a bid to keep wages at par with sharp increase in prices of consumer goods and services. In a statement on Tuesday, the labor group submitted their pay […]
Read MoreMore than 1,000 new factories, mostly in the food industry, have been established over the past six months with investment worth 56.3 billion baht, a sign the domestic economy is slowly recovering, says the Department of Industrial Works. The number of business closures stood at 361 during the first half of fiscal 2022, down 8.38%, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (April 26): Malaysia and Indonesia are leading the recovery of domestic travel demand in Southeast Asia (SEA), reaching 100 per cent growth in March compared with the same level in 2019, while countries such as Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are quickly following the lead. Google Asia Pacific travel lead Hermione Joye said staycations and […]
Read MoreThe unemployment situation in the first quarter is likely to improve boosted by healthy export growth and a gradual recovery of the tourism sector, according to the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry. Tanit Sorat, the confederation’s vice-chairman, said the latest statistics show that the number of employees who registered for the Social Security […]
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