Starbucks has announced that it plans to open outlets in Laos as it expands its network of over 10,000 stores in Asian countries. The Seattle-based coffeehouse has said it is to open its first store in Vientiane Capital in 2021, which would make it the 17th Asian market in which the coffee chain operates. According to its website, […]
Read MoreA senior official of the Cambodia central bank said moving into digitalisation has been one of the key drivers for sustainable small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Speaking at the Global SME Finance Forum 2020 on moving into the future, the role of digitalisation in promoting SMEs’ access to finance, Chea Serey, director-general of the National […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: The headline IHS Markit Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dipped for the fourth successive month in October as rising Covid-19 case numbers and renewed restrictions to try to prevent its spread stymied the manufacturing sector’s recovery. IHS Markit said the composite single-figure indicator of manufacturing performance fell to 48.5 from 49.0 in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The downturn in output of the Philippine manufacturing sector was among the steepest in the world in the first nine months of the year, according to IHS Markit. In a recent research brief, the market intelligence firm said that among the 31 countries monitored for manufacturing conditions from January up to September this […]
Read MoreThe public debt to GDP ratio has been controlled well and has decreased in recent years. But the public debt repayment to budget revenue ratio has steadily increased because of many due debts. Debt repayment obligatio The government estimates that the public debt will be about 56.8 percent of GDP by the end of 2020; […]
Read MoreThe government has pledged to remove barriers and further improve the business climate in a bid to attract more investment from Laos and foreign countries. In addition, the government will not approve new mining projects for the rest of this year while it reviews the progress of existing projects. With regard to hydropower projects, the […]
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