The government is in the process of providing money for the unemployed affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but the total amount is as yet unknown, according to the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. Heng Sour, the Ministry of Labour’s spokesman, said yesterday that now it is hard to specify the exact amount because each […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s economy is heading into turbulence as the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to further batter growth after the country recorded the weakest economic expansion since 2001 in the first quarter of the year, economists have warned. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.97 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first three months of the year […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Malls half-empty with long queues outside entrances manned by guards. Most eateries shuttered. Inside those that are open, patrons seated at tables set more than a metre apart, in a bid to reduce guest capacity, with only a handful of waiters to serve them. For retailers, this imagined “new normal” […]
Read MoreThailand’s consumer prices may contract by as much as 2.28% in the second quarter because of worldwide lockdown measures to deal with the pandemic, the global oil price slump and relatively poor domestic demand, according to the Commerce Ministry’s planning unit. Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, said Thailand’s inflation remains […]
Read MoreMinister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II Dato Seri Setia Dr Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah said that at the moment, there will be no quota limitation on the number of transport operators or runners allowed to cross the border daily. This was said during a press […]
Read MoreVietnam’s export value recorded in the first four months of the year rose 4.7% against the year-ago figure to reach nearly US$83 billion, with trade surplus of an estimated US$3 billion, according to the General Statistics Office. These figures showed that the country’s import-export activities hold potential for further growth despite being heavily affected by […]
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