The Hanoitimes – If excluding the price factor, the growth rate was 9.03% in the period, higher than an 8.98% rise recorded in the same period in 2018. Total retail sales of consumer goods and services in Vietnam reached an estimated VND3,215.5 trillion (US$138.33 billion) in the first eight months of 2019, up 11.5% against the […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Public Works and Transport on Friday announced that the Asian Development Bank is conducting a feasibility study for a logistics centre in the capital. Phnom Penh Logistic Centre, part of the government’s Logistics Master Plan, will be developed as a public-private partnership. Pich Chhieng, director of the general directorate of logistics, said […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A Supreme Court (SC) ruling which increases the internal revenue allotment (IRA) share of local government units (LGUs) has been flagged by economic managers as a risk to the country’s fiscal stability. In its Fiscal Risks Statement 2020, the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) cited the SC’s decision on the Garcia and […]
Read MoreThe Council of Ministers has given a green light to a public investment programme that will see the government and its development partners spend $14.4 billion in more than 600 projects over the next three years. The amount is $9 billion higher than the last public investment programme approved by the Council of Ministers. The […]
Read MoreThe shopping landscape is about to change drastically around Suvarnabhumi airport with the addition of two new premium outlet malls, representing a challenge to the retail throne dominated by the local duty-free kingpin. Central Village, a 5-billion-baht project of Central Pattana Plc (CPN), is beset with regulatory issues raised by Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) […]
Read MoreWHEN Evie Khusnul Khotimah logged in to her account on the online shopping app Shopee in May, a curious new payment method caught her attention. The service, called PayLater, allows buyers to purchase items first and settle payments afterwards. Intrigued by how this worked, the 24-year-old freelance writer from Indonesia gave the new scheme a […]
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