Singapore rose to become the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam in the first four months of 2020 with 5.07 billion USD, accounting for 41 percent of the total. It was followed by Thailand and Japan, with 1.46 billion USD and 1.16 billion USD, respectively, according the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA). […]
Read MoreAuthorities are struggling to enforce the use of Myanmar language on the labels of all products on the local market due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior Consumer Affairs official said. U Zayar Swe, deputy director of the Consumer Affairs Department, said his agency has yet to conduct any inspections of manufactures for compliance with the […]
Read MoreIn the first weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak in Brunei Darussalam, the prices of certain vegetables and fruit soared, since such imported items were in short supply on the international market. “But these days, following checks of the pricing at local stores, we are satisfied that vendors are not marking up prices and profiting from […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s exports rose 2% year-on-year to US$80.86 billion in the January-April period, and imports edged up 0.3% to US$78.08 billion. Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$2.78 billion in the first four months of 2020, significantly lower than a surplus of US$3.74 billion recorded one month earlier, according to the General Department of […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (XINHUA) – Malaysia’s economic growth eased sharply to 0.7 per cent in the first quarter, dragged by the spreading of COVID-19 pandemic, the central bank said yesterday. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the central bank, said in a statement that services and manufacturing sectors moderated while other sectors contracted. External demand and investment also […]
Read MoreThe House of Representatives passed a revision of the 2009 Coal and Mineral Mining Law on Tuesday in a move criticized by some experts and NGOs over a lack of transparency and alignment with business interests. The law, jointly drafted by the House and government, seeks to develop the downstream mining industry, grow the economy and […]
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