Laos has risen six places to 128th on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2021, moving up with a few other Southeast Asian countries experiencing less corruption. The CPI, released by Transparency International, ranks 180 countries and territories based on their perceived levels of public sector corruption. Over the last few years, Laos has steadily climbed the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Industrial developments continued to see delays in the fourth quarter of last year, with available stock rising by 11,000 sq m, a sharp drop from the 228,000 sq m in the previous three months. It is also a mere 1.5 per cent of the 736,000 sq m rise in total […]
Read MoreA transport company in Thailand has said it intends to resume bus services between Thailand and Laos next month. Thai media reports that The Transport Co., Ltd of Thailand plans to reopen bus services along thirteen routes between Thailand and Laos after being suspended for nearly two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. President of The Transport Co., Ltd […]
Read MoreIn 2021, 14 Vietnamese products, ranging from rice paper to dry vermicelli to coffee to ceramics, were sold on Amazon every minute. A search with the keyword “Rice paper wrapper” on Amazon will yield hundreds of products sourced from Vietnam, Thailand and Japan. However, the number of products of Vietnamese origin is overwhelming. A stack […]
Read MoreJAKARTA (CNA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Bank Indonesia (BI) limit its 2022 direct purchases of government bonds to periods of market dysfunction, as Southeast Asia’s largest economy begins to unwind pandemic-era economic stimulus. In a report published on yesterday, the fund also recommended BI allow greater flexibility in the rupiah exchange […]
Read MoreThailand’s central bank is expected to be the last in Southeast Asia to lift rates, leading to one of the steepest yield curves in the region as other nations brace for the first Federal Reserve hike since 2018. Shorter-duration Thai bonds remain buoyed by a dovish Bank of Thailand (BoT) policy that contrasts with an […]
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