YANGON, Myanmar Tourist arrivals in Myanmar are on the rise despite international condemnation over its military’s systematic campaign of violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. The growing debate over a tourism boycott is vexing tourists, and the Rohingya exodus obviously contributed to a downturn in the arrival of tourists from European and western countries. […]
Read MoreThe baht is expected to remain firm to the US dollar for the remainder of this year as offshore funds continue flowing into long-term Thai bonds, even though the Bank of Thailand recently imposed measures to curb the inflows, says a Kasikornbank (KBank) senior executive. The central bank’s measure to narrow the cap on the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Private home prices rose 1.5 per cent in the second quarter of this year after a 0.7 per cent decline in the previous quarter, lifted by non-landed properties in prime and city-fringe locations, according to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday (July 26). The increase was higher than URA’s […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The Vietnamese government is targeting to end the use of single-use plastics by 2025 as part of international efforts to tackle this global issue. Vietnam considers marine waste a matter of global urgency that poses major threats to the marine environment, according to Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Ministry of […]
Read MoreVIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao and Thai business communities are drawing up plans to increase bilateral trade and investment volumes in the coming years by overcoming several long-standing barriers. The two sides expect to set up a special working group that will team up with personnel from both sides in the hope of bridging […]
Read MoreBRUNEI Darussalam’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is forecast to stay at 2.1 per cent this year and 2.0 per cent next year, according to the July update of the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook (AREO) released on July 23 by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), an ASEAN+3 think tank. The AMRO also predicted similar […]
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