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Vietnam seen as manufacturing hub for global brands

During the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic from June until September 2021, several fashion brands began to gradually move production and orders away from Vietnam. This decision was made so as to reduce transport costs and adjust to the disruption in the supply chain, which has become a serious concern for many export-import businesses. […]

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Thailand: TAT puts dampener on New Year hopes

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) expects a weak New Year period with just 8.04 billion baht in tourism revenue, due to concerns over the Covid-19 Omicron variant. “Concerns over a possible outbreak of the new Omicron variant have affected local tourists’ plans for the New Year holiday, but younger generations continue to travel as […]

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Thailand: Sales tax seen hitting SET liquidity

The planned taxation on share sales may cost the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) the title of the most liquid stock market in Asean next year as it will greatly decrease the market’s competitiveness, said Paiboon Nalinthrangkurn, chairman of the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco). The tax will raise both transaction costs for […]

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Philippines: Tax center expands online operations

The National Tax Research Center (NTRC) is further developing the functions of its existing online incentives application portal for investors to allow the electronic submission in the future of reports, the Department of Finance (DoF) said. The DoF said the NTRCm in a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd, disclosed the online portal — the Fiscal Incentives Registration […]

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