TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia as the fourth largest coffee producer in the world is exploring potential Vietnamese market, Antara reported Thursday, Feb. 8. The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Hanoi and Viet Nam Coffee Cacao Association (VICOFA) has held a business forum Promoting Indonesia-Viet Nam Cooperation in Coffee in Hanoi. The business forum was aimed at making Indonesian coffee marketable in the […]
Read MoreLaos and China have agreed to ongoing cooperation in the labour sector with feasibility studies for the construction of a new Skills Development Centre in Oudomxay province. A survey has already been undertaken to explore the best location for the centre and further studies will focus on identifying actual labour skills development needs in the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore has improved its score in the latest United States Chamber of Commerce intellectual property (IP) index, but this did not prevent it from slipping one place to rank ninth out of 50 economies. Singapore’s score of 84 per cent (33.45 out of 40 indicators) put it ahead of countries such as Switzerland, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnamese fishery exporters are expected to increase shipments to Russia this year after a Russian working group made a fact-finding tour of some Vietnamese exporters recently. According to Duong Hoang Minh, Vietnam’s trade counselor in Russia, Vietnam’s trade office in Russia had earlier held a working session with local agencies on increasing Vietnamese […]
Read MoreMONETARY authorities decided to keep key interest rates unchanged on Thursday but now expect inflation to breach their target for the year. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) overnight borrowing, lending and deposit rates were maintained at 3.0 percent, 3.5 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, following the Monetary Board’s first policy meeting for 2018. Inflation […]
Read MoreSCG Cement-Building Materials, the construction products subsidiary of SCG Group, expects its revenue to increase by 10% year-on-year to 17 billion baht in 2018, driven by demand growth in e-commerce, government investment projects and strong economic performance by Asean countries, said vice-president Nithi Patarachoke. Nithi: State projects will help revenue SCG Logistics, a subsidiary of […]
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