While maintaining their physical retail outlets, nearly all retailers in the country had joined the digital revolution in a bid to compete with established online marketplaces, Indonesian Retailers Association (Aprindo) chairman Roy Mandey said in Jakarta recently. “We cannot totally go digital, but we have to mix both offline and online sales,” Roy said, and that at least 35,000 […]
Read MoreMost exports in Myanmar are currently raw materials but the government is keen to change that. In order to scale up value-added work within the country and move away from exporting raw materials, the ministry will allow foreign investor to take part in joint ventures in the relevant sector, U Khin Maung Lwin, assistant secretary […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) has expressed optimism that the government would catch another major tax evader this year amid strengthened coordination between the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In a statement, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said he hopes the closer coordination between the BIR and […]
Read MoreSIAM Cement Group (SCG) is reportedly keen to take on full ownership of a project for the development of a multibillion-dollar petrochemicals complex in Vietnam. SCG wants to buy the entire stake of a joint venture partner, Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), in the Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP) complex in the southern province of […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Malaysia is expected to see slower inflation, as measured by the rise in consumer price index (CPI), this year due to a high base factor from 2017. Analysts have pegged their CPI expectations for 2018 within the official estimate of a CPI increase of 2.5% to 3.5%. Nomura Research expected the CPI to […]
Read MoreHIGH POTENTIAL of Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region could be unlocked only if the government attempts to strengthen bilateral cooperation with the neighbouring Kanchanaburi Province, according to Ye Htut Naing, president of Tanintharyi Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI). “Myanmar and Thai businesses have planned to implement the ‘sister cities’ initiative between Dawei and Kanchanaburi. Now […]
Read More
Thailand
