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Brunei Halal food enters Japanese market

Brunei-made Halal Japanese food products is making its way to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games following the opening ceremony of BMC Food Industries Sdn Bhd yesterday. Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Ali bin Haji Apong was the guest of honour at the event at Radisson […]

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Brunei passport remains 3rd powerful in ASEAN

Brunei passport maintains its rank as 3rd powerful in ASEAN, according to CEOWORLD magazine’s Global Passport Ranking for 2020 Brunei Darussalam’s passport ranks as the 49th most powerful globally, while also third in Asean and 10th in the Asia-Pacific, enabling its citizens to travel visa-free to a 166 countries or destinations, according to ranking provider CEOWORLD Global Passport Ranking for 2020. Japan’s […]

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Coronavirus takes a toll on Brunei tourism

Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has suspended flights to the provinces of Hubei, Zhejiang and Jiangsu in the People’s Republic of China, in addition to reducing the number of flights to Hong Kong and Taipei. With local authorities issuing travel bans and suspensions of flights, especially from mainland China, […]

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Brunei GDP grows 2% in Q3 2019

Brunei’s economy grew 2% to $4.6 billion (real GDP) from July to September (Q3) 2019 driven by increased production of crude oil and banking services. Crude oil production increased from 105.5 thousand barrels per day in Q3 2018 to 113.3 thousand barrels per day in Q3 2019, although oil prices dropped by US$11.1 per barrel […]

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