The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world fast and furiously like a tsunami. Many countries are drowning in cases and most are in some form of lockdown, many are struggling to catch a breath, while a handful are managing to stay afloat. Whichever situation a country finds itself in, there are complex factors at […]
Read MoreThe Commerce Ministry is set to host its first online trade show — Multimedia Online Virtual Exhibition (Move) — along with a business matching platform for digital content entrepreneurs in late May, expecting sales worth 1 billion baht. Somdet Susomboon, director-general of the International Trade Promotion Department, said that because the pandemic remains rampant and […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – FDI commitments in the January – April period stood at US$12.33 billion, down 15.5% year-on-year. Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in Vietnam totaled US$5.15 billion in the first four months of 2020, representing a decline of 9.6% year-on-year, a report of the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Total collections of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from January to mid-April declined further due to quarantine measures and the extension of the deadline for the filing and payment of income and other taxes to next month, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). In […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s debt is expected to remain sustainable this year despite a steep increase in the planned issuance of government bonds to finance the country’s widening budget due to a big COVID-19 stimulus check, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said. ADB Indonesia country economist Yurendra Basnett said that the country had entered the COVID-19 crisis with one of the lowest debt-to-gross domestic […]
Read MoreGEORGE TOWN, April 27 — Penang will be reviewing its affordable housing price to below RM300,000 and increasing the number of rent-to-own units for first-time homebuyers after the movement control order (MCO) is lifted, state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo announced today. The state Housing, Local Government and Town and Country Planning Committee chairman said the […]
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