The Hanoitimes – After two months of trial, Go-Viet app has been downloaded 1.5 million times and accounts for 35% of market share for two-wheel ride hailing in Ho Chi Minh City, stated Go-Jek`s CEO and founder. Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Go-Jek, through its local brand Go-Viet, on September 12 officially launched its services in Vietnam after […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The Government is currently studying the tax structure for foreign digital service content providers, said Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah (pic). He said the ministry would look into the findings of the “Malaysia’s Digital Economy: A New Driver of Development” report first before coming out with any mechanism for the digital economy. “We are definitely looking into the matter […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesian exporters must keep their earnings in the country to support efforts by the government to rein in the current-account deficit and shield the rupiah, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. While legislation protects the free movement of capital, authorities want to tighten some rules on exporters amid a rout in the currency, Indrawati […]
Read MoreSubdued inflation indicates that the first interest rate hike since 2011 is still distant, says Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong. If the interest rate is increased, the private sector should be able to adjust, he said, while the public and the government may shoulder a little more financial burden. It is the central bank’s duty to […]
Read MoreSay what you want about Asian families not showing outright affection, when it comes to family vacation, Asian travellers take twice as many family trips as their Western peers. The Agoda Family Travel Trends 2018 survey found that over 34% travellers took more than five family trips in the past year. Asia dominates this multi-holiday trend with […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Spiraling inflation is unlikely to become a big headache for most of the region’s central banks—except in the Philippines, where policymakers continue to wrestle with rising commodity prices that have been hitting the poor the most. Philippine inflation jumped to 6.4 percent in August, the highest level in almost a decade, as […]
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