BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — Brunei recorded a 57.8-million-Brunei dollar (42.2-million-U.S. dollar) trade deficit in June 2020 due to a major decrease in exports, marking the first-ever trade deficit since January 2014 when historical data became available. The latest International Merchandise Trade Statistics released on Saturday by the Department of Economic Planning and […]
Read MoreBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 14 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): There has been a 78.4 per cent drop in the number of Brunei visitors to Malaysia in the first six months of this year with 135,593 people travelling to the neighbouring nation from January to June 2020, compared to 627,112 in the same period last year, Tourism Malaysia […]
Read MoreBrunei Darussalam clinched top place in ease of getting credit and cost of redundancy dismissal in the pillar of Market Sophistication and Institutions in this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 report. Regionally, Brunei Darussalam ranked 13th among 17 economies in Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania and 71st globally in the Global Innovation Index […]
Read MoreThe Brunei economy recovered in 2019 and the recovery is expected to continue this year amid a sharp slowdown in the global economy, according to the 2019 Annual Consultation Report on Brunei Darussalam published yesterday by the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO). The agency said, “The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.9 per cent […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, Sept 1 — Singapore and Brunei Darussalam have agreed to establish a “reciprocal green lane,” starting this month, to facilitate essential business and official travel for residents from both countries. In a joint statement today, the Foreign Affairs ministries of the two countries said that both sides have agreed to allow cross-border travel to […]
Read MoreThere has been a 20 per cent increase in broadband usage, with broadband penetration up by 60 per cent and over 2,800 new orders monthly. This was based on statistics collected by network provider Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd (UNN). There has also been a 22 per cent increase in the daily consumption of mobile […]
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