The Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s provinces such as Quang Ninh, Kien Giang and Khanh Hoa are gearing to develop special administrative-economic zones with expectations that preferential policies will be increased as the National Assembly is discussing the Law on Special Administrative-Economic Units. The southern province of Kien Giang People’s Council, at a recent meeting, approved the Phu […]
Read MoreThe 41st Southeast Asia Seminar of Economic Development in Laos and the GMS is being held at the Faculty of Economics and Business Management of the National University of Laos (NUOL) from November 2-7. The event is being attended by NUOL Vice President Associate Professor Dr Houngphet Chanthavong and Professor of Economics at the Centre for […]
Read More[JAKARTA] Indonesia on Monday vowed to block Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp Messenger within 48 hours if the service did not ensure that obscene Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images were removed. WhatsApp, which is widely used in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, said message encryption prevented it from monitoring the third-party providers Indonesians use to […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S visitor arrivals and tourism spend both grew in the first half of this year, with tourism receipts expanding by 10 per cent year on year to hit S$12.7 billion. “The strong growth in H1 2017 tourism receipts was due to the higher expenditure across all major components including shopping, accommodation, food & beverage, and […]
Read MoreBANGKOK (Bernama) – The Thai Agriculture Ministry has joined hands with Alibaba to promote Thai jasmine rice to Chinese consumers through the online channel, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chutima Bunyapraphasara said after attending “TMALL 11.11 Thai Hom Mali Rice Promotion” in Hangzhou, the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang […]
Read MoreA recent Bank Indonesia survey shows that consumer trust has weakened in October due to a perceived decrease in jobs, declining incomes and continuing poor economic condition in the coming six months, Antara reported on Monday. Monday’s announcement of the survey results shows that the consumer trust index in October fell by 3.1 points month on month to 120.7 points. The survey […]
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