The World Bank has approved new financing worth US$300 million to help Vietnam improve connectivity in Central Highlands and create more jobs in coastal provinces. The new financing will support Southeast Asian country’s efforts to improve transport connectivity in the countryside and to protect forests along eight coastal provinces, the World Bank said on Thursday. […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Rice is processed for exports at a factory in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam exported more than 14,700 tonnes of rice to Russia in the first five months of this year Vietnam exported more than 14,700 tonnes of rice worth 5.56 million USD in the first five months of this year to […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Ministry’s Customs and Excise Directorate General (DJBC) reported revenue of customs and excise up to mid-June 2017 to reach Rp57.59 trillion or around 30.12 percent from the target. “Compared to the previous year, it is higher, it increases around 4.7 percent,” DJBC Revenue and Regulation of Customs and Excise director Sugeng Aprianto said in […]
Read MoreThailand ranks among the top 10 countries in Asia-Pacific for the number of malware attacks because of high rates of software piracy and internet use, Microsoft says. “Thailand is still one of the countries across the region most at risk of malware threats, behind Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam,” said Keshav Dhakad, assistant general counsel and […]
Read MoreMarket research firm Market Intello has forecast that Vietnam’s inflation this year may fall to below 3 per cent, lower than the rate of 3.8 per cent it predicted last month. According to the company’s latest macro-economy report, the inflation rate was trending downward because of falling prices of fresh foods as well as oil […]
Read MoreThailand will sign a tripartite electricity-trading agreement with Laos and Malaysia, engaging in transmission process. Vietnam News Agency reported permanent secretary of the Thai Energy Ministry Areepong Bhoocha-Oom said the agreement is scheduled to be inked at the Asean Energy Ministers’ Meeting in Manila Sept 17-22. Under the agreement, Laos will sell electricity to Malaysia, using Thailand’s transmission […]
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