The Hanoitimes – The government’s policies to promote the local automobile manufacturing and related supporting industries have attracted a huge foreign investment wave in the country in the first half of this year. South Korea’s Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd. (PHA) in the middle of June got license to invest in a US$16.7 million automotive parts […]
Read MoreThailand’s headline inflation rate, as gauged by the increase in the consumer price index (CPI), picked up to 1.46% in July after easing to 1.38% in June. The Commerce Ministry reported on Wednesday that consumer prices rose for a 13th straight month in July, mainly driven by higher prices in energy, tobacco and alcoholic drinks; housing […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s gemstone sector is opaque and unaccountable. In 2017, the country scored just 27 of a possible 100 points and ranked 83rd among 89 assessments in the Resource Governance Index. However, new data are helping observers to unpack this sector and inform eventual reform. In March 2018, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’s (EITI) Myanmar office published […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – HSBC expected the SBV to react proactively, hiking its policy rate moderately by 25 basic points in the third quarter this year to curb inflationary pressures and inflation expectations. Vietnam’s headline inflation rose 4.5% year-on-year in July, remaining well-above the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s 4% target, which is expected to remain above […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose over 1 percent on Wednesday evening, a third straight day of gains, on the back of technical buying and as the market turned bullish on forecasts that the world’s top palm importer India is likely to receive below-normal monsoon rains in 2018. The benchmark palm oil contract for October delivery on the Bursa […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Around 35 percent of Indonesian men have been actively shopping online, they do the transactions twice as much as women. Country Brand Manager of Shopee, Rezki Yanuar said that one of the reasons is the price of goods that are purchased by men are relatively expensive. “The average transaction for men is twice than women’s. Men […]
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