The effects of COVID-19 are hitting Asean economies at a time when other risk factors such as a global growth slowdown were already rising. Any assessment of impacts must recognise that the spread of the virus is evolving in unpredictable ways The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy. But the measures […]
Read MoreRetailers are calling for the government to ease the limits on trucks entering the city to allow manufacturers to keep supermarket shelves full, as panic buying in recent days disrupted the supply chain for basic necessities. Trucks with 10 wheels or more are allowed to enter the city between 10am and 3pm, and trailer trucks […]
Read MoreFood establishments across Cambodia, especially in the main centres of Phnom Penh and Siem Reap province, have started to limit the services they are offering to customers because of the escalating COVID-19 outbreak in the Kingdom. The worsening health pandemic has already prompted the Cambodian government to institute preventive measures such as ordering the temporary […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The demand on online shopping in Vietnam is increasing, bringing positive results to e-commerce platforms in Vietnam. Even though the first months of every year is the low season for shopping, e-commerce sites in Vietnam have seen a surge in orders in the January-March 2020 period as the Covid-19 pandemic changes consumers’ behavior. […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE held on to its first-place seat as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates for the seventh straight year, sharing the top spot with Hong Kong and Osaka. However, the city-state’s gap with other cities narrowed. This was according to findings from The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2020 edition of its worldwide cost of living […]
Read MoreThe National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) today has decided to reduce the interest rate of reserve requirement to seven percent for both local and foreign currencies. A directive released today, signed by NBC Governor Chea Chanto on the Reserve Requirement of the Deposit and Loan for Banking and Finances, says that it is to allow […]
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