JAKARTA: The World Bank projects Indonesia’s economic growth will slide to below 5% next year and warned of the potential for “severe” capital outflows as global risks including the US-China trade war intensify. The forecasts were presented to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who didn’t want to be […]
Read MoreThe annual Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index has again named Bangkok the No.1 destination city globally and in Asia-Pacific, with more than 22 million international overnight visitors. The index contains a region-specific subset for Asia-Pacific. This is the fourth straight year the capital has grabbed the top spot in the global index, which ranks cities […]
Read MoreTechnological developments have come thick and fast in the kingdom, with mobile phone penetration reaching 25.05 million according to a report by We Are Social and Hootsuite. The 2019 Digital Cambodia report highlighted an 8.9 percent growth in the number of mobile subscriptions owned and a 56 percent growth in internet users compared to 2018. […]
Read MoreMANILA – Singapore lifestyle, food and consumer companies are getting a chance this week to explore the Philippine market at a pop-up event in Manila. President Halimah Yacob toured Singaporium, a lifestyle and food pop-up held by Enterprise Singapore, at The Podium Mall in Manila on Tuesday (Sept 10). The pop-up aims to help small […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s street beer and café market is on track to reach a growth rate of 6% in terms of revenue and establish 32,400 selling points nationwide by 2023. The size of Vietnam’s street beer and café market in 2018 is estimated at over VND88 trillion (US$3 billion), up 6% year-on-year, according to […]
Read MoreYangon Region collected K36 billion more in electricity payments for the month of July, which is a 65 percent increase compared to the month before, said Daw Soe Soe Nwe, general manager of Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC), at a press conference on Monday. The higher revenues was due to the Ministry of Electricity and […]
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