The Medical Hub Policy Administration Committee has proposed granting a 90-day visa-free stay to Japanese and US nationals who enter the country for medical services, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. He said the decision is intended to promote medical tourism as part of the government’s policy of developing Thailand […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Department of Finance (DOF) is targeting to fully implement by January 2020 the fuel marking program, a measure which is expected to address oil smuggling in the country and to generate P20 billion in additional revenues by next year. During the Senate finance committee’s hearing on Wednesday, Finance Undersecretary Antonette Tionko […]
Read MoreThe baht is likely to appreciate further as the local currency is less sensitive towards global risks, with limited room to manoeuvre Thailand’s monetary policy seen as an attribute, says Kasikornbank (KBank). The baht’s value is less prone to external volatility compared with other currencies in Asian emerging markets because the local currency’s fundamentals are […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Human resources are the most valuable asset of a country, so the key issue would be to reform education at university level and vocational school, in turn improving the quality of the education system in overall, said World Bank’s expert. The World Bank (WB) is willing to support Vietnam’s efforts to move […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE factory output plunged by 8 per cent year on year in August, extending the Republic’s manufacturing decline into its fourth month. Industrial production was dragged down by the struggling electronics sector, according to statistics released by the Economic Development Board on Thursday. Excluding output from the volatile biomedical manufacturing sector, manufacturing fell by 12.4 […]
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released its report on economic outlook of the region, including Myanmar, for this year. The Asian Development Outlook 2019 Update report, released on Wednesday in Manila, provides analysis of macroeconomic issues in developing Asia, including new growth forecasts by country and region for 2019 and for 2020. In the […]
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