Thailand climbed one spot to 39th out of 63 countries in the digital competitiveness ranking for 2020 released by the IMD World Competitiveness Center, supported by better technology investment. The US retained the pole position in the ranking, followed by Singapore and Denmark. The ranking measures the capacity and readiness of 63 nations to adopt […]
Read MoreIndonesia needs to improve its e-commerce regulations to better accommodate the industry’s needs and strengthen consumer protection, experts have said. Currently, the country’s e-commerce industry only has government regulation No. 80/2019 and Trade Ministerial Regulation No. 50/2020, which will come into effect in November as a regulatory umbrella. Both oversee business licensing, consumer protection and […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: With its leadership tossed into uncertainty again, Malaysia risks delays and loss of new investments, analysts and business groups say, as anxiety bubbles among foreign investors worried about policy disruption and reforms stalling. A week after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim laid claim to the premiership citing enough parliamentary support to form a new […]
Read MoreAn increase in new orders and export sales helped the Philippines’ manufacturing sector in September reach its highest growth rate in seven months, an IHS Markit survey has found. Results of the poll showed on Thursday that the country’s seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 50.1 last month — the highest since February’s […]
Read MoreCambodia and Singapore are jointly studying the draft framework agreement on the development of the Phnom Penh Logistics Centre (PPLC). The centre will be located on 98ha in Dangkor district’s Samrong Krom commune, an area lying just west of Phnom Penh International Airport. It is part of the government’s logistics master plan and aims to […]
Read MoreTHAILAND could be set for a fragile economic recovery, as foreign tourism revenues remain missing and the economy continues to operate under its capacity, a Bank of America (BofA) Global Research report has suggested. This comes as August indicators revealed that the Thai economy remained sluggish on both the internal and external fronts, BofA economists said. The private […]
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