The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) announced on May 29 that the first half of 2023 saw the consumer price index (CPI) rise by 3.29% and core inflation grow by 4.74% from the same period last year. The CPI for June alone inched up by 0.27% month-on-month, mostly due to increases recorded in prices […]
Read MoreCambodian goods exports to Singapore reached $343.413 million in the first five months of 2023, up 508.3 per cent year-on-year from $56.451 million and up 1,313 per cent half-on-half from $24.31 million, tipping the trade balance for the January-May period in the Kingdom’s favour, provisional Customs (GDCE) data compiled in “International Merchandise Trade Statistics” bulletins […]
Read MoreThailand’s top three banks have combined non-performing loans (NPLs) of more than US$9.6 billion, the highest in Southeast Asia, but Thai banks overall still have a high level of reserves for bad debts, says the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco). Fetco recently released its Capital Market Snapshot report entitled “Aspects in Stability of the […]
Read MoreOperators of Laos’ Thanaleng Dry Port and Malaysia’ Perlis Inland Port are seeking cost-effective logistics and transport link to boost trade and investment between the countries and beyond. The Managing Director of Laos’ Thanaleng Dry Port, Sakhone Philangam (right), and Group Managing Director and CEO of Mutiara Perlis Sdn Bhd (MPSB Company) Mr Wan Ahmad […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Padiberas Nasional Berhad (Bernas) should remove import surcharges on imported rice to temporarily offset its price increase, says Bumiputra Retailers Organisation president Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin. He said that rice is imported to supplement the existing shortage of locally produced rice. “More consumers will have to buy imported rice, which generally costs RM6 […]
Read MoreCambodia is expected to benefit from a rebound in China in 2023, an economist told Khmer Times yesterday. According to the World Bank’s Cambodia Economic Update: Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery, Cambodia’s economic recovery solidified in 2022, when real growth accelerated to 5.2 percent. Reiterating the view of the World Bank, Oudom Cheng, an economist at National Bank of […]
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