Local tourists travelling to the main destinations during the three-day Water Festival are expected to greatly increase, as insiders say hotel and guesthouses are fully booked. The northeastern provinces, Siem Reap and the coastal provinces are expected to attract more tourists during this period. Srey Leak, a receptionist at Siem Reap’s Angkor Pal Boutique Hotel, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Retail banking and financial services contributed largely to positive business performance of Vietnamese banking sector in the first half of 2018. A growing number of foreign banks have shifted their focus on Vietnam’s retail banking sector, while local banks saw positive business performances in 2018. CIMB Bank, the best retail bank in Malaysia […]
Read MoreCambodia and Thailand have agreed to promote the use of single visa for foreign tourits, particularly among those traveling within the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) countries. In the second Cambodia-Thailand tourism Ministers meeting held in Kampot, the two sides said they planned to bring up the idea of using ACMECS single visa for foreign tourists […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Despite recording a moderate gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 4.4% in the third quarter (Q3) of this year, analysts and economists remain confident of Malaysia’s future prospects, suggesting that domestic demand and the private sector will be the key drivers of economic growth, going forward. On Friday, Bank Negara announced that the country’s GDP stood […]
Read MoreThe rumblings of a currency crisis are being heard in emerging markets and are only getting louder. Argentina’s Central Bank raised interest rates to 40 per cent to protect its peso in May 2018. When this did little to help, Argentina took out a US$50 billion credit line from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Turkey stated in […]
Read MoreDeputy Finance Minister Wisudhi Srisuphan has hailed the bill on land and buildings tax, which is on the verge of sailing through the National Legislative Assembly (NLA), as a significant overhaul of the tax structure. Mr Wisudhi said that once the bill becomes law, it will help boost effective use of land and inject more money […]
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