On my first visit to Indonesia nine years ago, I had to pay for my outbound airline ticket using cash (rupiah) at a travel agency because local carriers didn’t accept online payments. In fact, at that time, most cafes wouldn’t accept credit cards and online purchases were non-existent. Fast forward to today, and there are […]
Read MoreMOST OF the top 10 listed property firms show strong total revenue and net profit growth in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period of last year, largely due to most homebuyers speeding up the transfer of their residential units before measures by the Bank of Thailand to reduce the loan […]
Read MoreDusit International, one of Thailand’s leading hotel and property development companies, has signed a hotel management agreement with Vietnam-based property developer Hoi An Royal Group to operate Dusit Thani Hoi An, the first Dusit Thani branded hotel in Vietnam. Located in a prime beachfront setting in Dien Ban Town near the ancient trading port of […]
Read More[JAKARTA] Indonesia posted its widest monthly trade deficit in history in April as exports slumped, while the pace of fall in imports were slower than expected, data from the statistics bureau showed on Wednesday. The resource-rich country booked the first deficit in three months at US$2.5 billion in April, and it was the widest ever, […]
Read MoreThe Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has approved the borrowing of 1.4 billion baht from Thailand’s Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA) to supply more electricity in Yangon Region. With this loan, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy will make sure that Yangon’s power distribution system is improved and the frequency of power shortages reduced, said deputy […]
Read MoreThe Department of Consumer Affairs says that 80 percent of the complaints it receives from the public is regarding telecommunications service providers. This was revealed by the department’s director U Myint Cho during a press conference earlier this week. There are currently four companies providing telecommunications services in the country: Myanma Posts and Telecommunications, Oredoo, […]
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