KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures closed at an eight-month high on Wednesday, buoyed by sharp gains in rival oils, though a slightly stronger ringgit and worries over demand from India capped gains. The benchmark palm oil contract for January delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed 0.3% higher at 2,323 ringgit ($554.95) per […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) favors a uniform road user tax instead of different rates for different types of motor vehicles as proposed by Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, who chairs the House of Representatives committee on ways and means. In a letter to Salceda, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez expressed support for the […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam has made significant improvements in getting credit and paying taxes, resulting in increases of 5 and 6.1 points against last year’s results. Vietnam continued to move down one notch from the 69th to 70th out of 190 economies in the World Bank (WB) 2020 Ease of Doing Business ranking, although its score […]
Read MoreOVERALL unemployment in Singapore crept up in the third quarter of this year to the highest level since 2009, as more workers were retrenched. At the same time, employment growth shot up to the highest level since 2014. This was the mixed picture painted by the latest preliminary figures on jobs released by the Ministry […]
Read MoreAsia is bracing for the latest US Treasury report on foreign currency manipulators, coming in the middle of a trade war that shows no sign of ending. The twice-yearly report is due in coming weeks and will likely see the return of Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam on the watchlist. The three Southeast Asian nations were […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – As the EU has strong expertise in fields of financial services and telecommunication, the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) would have strong impact on the future landscape of Vietnam’s finance – telecommunication markets, said an expert. Under the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), Vietnam is committed to supporting European […]
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