SINGAPORE’S various industry groups will begin to unveil industry digital plans (IDPs) in the coming days, with the logistics sector strategy kicking off the initiative, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Wednesday. These IDPs under the SME Go Digital Programme serve to help SMEs (small and medium enterprises) build up their digital capabilities. The […]
Read MoreDANANG — The 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit is a crucial opportunity for businesses throughout central Vietnam to seek trade partners and export markets as representatives of foreign firms flock to the business forums at APEC from November 5-11, Danang business people and officials say. Nearly 2,000 CEOs will attend the CEO Summit in […]
Read MoreA new draft of the Competition Law will be submitted to the Council of Ministers by the end of the year, according to a representative of the Ministry of Commerce. Mao Thora, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, told Khmer Times that officials at the ministry’s Camcontrol Department are currently reviewing and […]
Read MorePrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday ordered the Finance Ministry to prepare tax breaks for year-end shopping to stimulate consumption. The shopping tax incentives, which allow each individual taxpayer to deduct the value of domestic purchases of goods and services worth up to 15,000 baht from personal income taxes, should be renewed to boost domestic […]
Read MoreTHE business chamber in Mandalay, Myanmar’s northern economic hub, is undertaking modernisation through a partnership programme with a regional chamber of commerce in Germany. The German IHK Reutlingen (Industrie und Handelskammer Reutlingen) is currently undertaking a three-year agreement with the Mandalay Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MRCCI) to restructure the latter and modernise […]
Read MoreThailand’s industrial output rose for a third straight month in September on an annual basis, beating forecasts, helped by higher production of automobiles, rubber and electronics, showing the economy is growing steadily. The manufacturing production index (MPI) in September increased 4.21% from a year earlier, the Industry Ministry said on Tuesday. The median forecast in […]
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