The annual headline inflation rate eased in February, missing forecasts and keeping below the central bank’s goal, giving policymakers leeway to keep monetary policy loose to aid economic growth. The headline consumer price index rose 0.42% in February from a year earlier, after January’s 0.68% rise, commerce ministry data showed on Friday. A Reuters poll […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – PT Mobil Anak Bangsa (MAB), a local producer of electric busses, is reviewing investors` offers from a number of countries. These investors have stated their interest to invest in Indonesia by building battery factories. “We welcome investors’ plans because the existence of battery factories is a crucial issue behind the emergence of the electric buses […]
Read MoreMyanmar will aim to enact its first E- Commerce Law as part of its efforts to meet the goals set by the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), U Toe Aung Myint, secretary of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), said during an AEC 2025 workshop in Yangon Wednesday. ASEAN members are targeting having an AEC that is […]
Read MoreThe new rail line between Phnom Penh International Airport and the railway station on Monivong Boulevard is scheduled to open on April 10, according to government and Royal Railways officials. Hoeurn Somnieng, deputy director of the cabinet at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, said the infrastructure for the project was mostly completed, with […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: As Singapore takes over the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, it will push for the roll-out of an e-commerce agreement and an innovation network to give businesses a leg-up when they expand across Southeast Asia. This is according to Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) Lim Hng […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge United States (US) restrictions on imports of pangasius seafood from Vietnam. The complaint said pangasius fish was economically significant for Vietnam and was a healthy and affordable source of protein for US consumers, but that the US was unfairly restricting […]
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