(Bloomberg) — Indonesia’s inflation came in weaker than expected in February as government subsidies helped cushion the blow of surging commodity prices on consumers. Consumer prices rose 2.06% year-on-year, below the median estimate of 2.2% in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Prices also shrank by 0.02% on a monthly basis as price caps on cooking […]
Read MoreCambodia has over 17.6 million internet subscribers as of October, increasing from 1.6 million registered as of 2020, according to the report of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia. The report stated the mobile internet users are 17.2 million. As of October last year, the mobile phone subscribers were 20 million, 125 percent compared to the […]
Read MoreA shoe exporter has become the first company in Cambodia to receive a Certificate of Origin (CO) to export goods to China under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ratified in October last year. Ministry of Commerce spokesman Seang Thay told The Post on March 1 that after the free trade agreement came into force […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Local manufacturing sped past production hurdles in February and posted its best performance in three years, although questions remain on whether the industry could sustain this momentum. British information provider IHS Markit reported the Philippines’ purchasing managers’ index (PMI), a measure of manufacturing output, surged to 52.8 in February from 50.0 in January, […]
Read MoreHoteliers want to scrap the RT-PCR testing requirement along with the Thailand Pass because the Russian invasion of Ukraine has darkened the tourism outlook to such an extent that the industry might attract only 10% of the pre-pandemic arrival numbers. William Heinecke, founder and chairman of global hotel operator Minor International, said Thailand finally rebounded […]
Read MoreThe Government Office has sent a document to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) requesting to restore the visa waiver policy as applied before the Covid-19 outbreak. Vietnam plans to fully reopen the tourism market from March 15. In early 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, as per the request of MOFA, the PM […]
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