The Hanoitimes – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal to enhance state supervision over trade fraud activities and request joint efforts from government agencies to deal with such offenses. Vietnam remains steadfast on preventing trade fraud activities both in the local and export markets, ensuring the lawful rights of Vietnamese enterprises and customers, […]
Read MoreThe rapid growth of e-commerce together with the relocation of China-based manufacturing companies has significantly increased demand for modern logistics properties in Thailand. The first quarter of 2019 saw a 16% year-on-year increase in net absorption of modern logistics properties. In fact, the first-quarter figure was more than half of total new absorption in 2018. […]
Read MoreThe US is set to supplant China as Malaysia’s top source of investment, amid an increasingly bitter trade war between the two superpowers that has reconfigured global supply chains, especially in developing Southeast Asia. Malaysia has lost out to its regional peers in capturing investment fleeing from tariff-hit China, but US companies have dived deep […]
Read MoreThe government is again proposing to reduce the tax rates on undisclosed incomes so that more will be willing to pay the taxes owed on those incomes. The proposal, which was part of the Union Tax Bill submission for the new 2019-20 fiscal year beginning October 1, was submitted to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on August […]
Read MoreIts pungent aroma and creamy custard flesh have proven divisive for the palates of discerning consumers, but the durian has long cemented its reputation as the king of fruits. Primarily grown in Southeast Asia’s warmer climate, the thorny fruit has recently made its way to Chinese diners in bizarre forms, as the main ingredient in hotpot broths […]
Read More[JAKARTA] Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday signed a decree laying out government support for electric vehicle (EV) industry in the country, looking to leverage its wealth of essential metals. The key to the EV industry was in the construction of batteries, and the “raw materials to make a battery: cobalt, manganese and others, we […]
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