SINGAPORE: After 18 months under what he felt were stifling restrictions in Singapore, German hospitality professional Andre Alexy decided to leave the republic in July last year for a plum position in Dubai. The role, as food and beverage (F&B) operations manager at Atlantis The Royal, and the chance to be part of an opening […]
Read MoreThe Board of Investment (BoI) is accelerating the revision of investment incentives to align them with global changes and offset the impact of the new world tax regimes proposed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). According to Duangjai Asawachintachit, BoI secretary-general, investment incentives need to be rejigged to retain Thailand’s investment competitiveness […]
Read MoreVietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a circular stipulating the import of rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia under tariff quotas for 2021 and 2022. Circular No. 06/2022/TT-BCT specifies import quotas for rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia that are entitled to special preferential import tax rates in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — BDO Unibank Inc. continues to maintain its dominance of the local banking industry in terms of assets, capitalization, deposits and loans. Latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed BDO was number one in terms of total assets with P3.48 trillion last year, 7.1 percent higher than the P3.25 trillion […]
Read MoreThe cost of products and services increased by 5-15% in the first quarter of 2022 in Vietnam. Inflationary pressure is increasing. It is forecast that Vietnam’s economic growth in 2022 will not be as The oil price has reached 130 USD/barrel on the global market, while the coal price in early March 2022 doubled, and […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is expected to export less coconut oil due to the impact of Typhoon Odette on the local coconut sector, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a report by its Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), the USDA said the Philippines may export 930,000 metric tons (MT) of coconut […]
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