The Hanoitimes – While the Vietnamese manufacturing sector has been one of the best performers globally in recent months, the slowdown in global trade flows amid trade tensions between the US and China is starting to impact firms. The headline Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 50.5 in September, signaling only a marginal […]
Read MoreTraders at the Myanmar-China border were encouraged to use the kyat and renminbi as the main means of commerce and exchange at a financial workshop organised by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI), last week. “As Myanmar’s main border […]
Read MoreConsumer goods giant PT Unilever Indonesia is planning to split its stocks in order to make them more affordable to retail investors. “We think that the current share price is too high; that’s why we feel that we need to split them,” said director Sancoyo Antarikso in a statement on Monday. The company’s stock, listed […]
Read MoreThailand’s annual headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.32% in September from a year earlier, less than expected, commerce ministry data showed on Tuesday. That compared with a Reuters forecast of 0.44% in September, and against August’s 0.52%. September’s headline inflation was the lowest level since January and stayed below the Bank of Thailand (BoT)’s […]
Read MoreMillennials, read this and weep: Singapore is among the 10 countries in the world where a Starbucks drink costs the most, according to a report published on Friday (Sep 27) by Australian personal finance website Finder. The site compared the cost of a tall latte – converted to US dollars – in 76 countries around the world and […]
Read MoreAuthorities of Laos’ central Savannakhet province have announced the removal of all inspection checkpoints along main roads to speed the transport of freight and exports. Provincial governor Santiphab Phomvihane last week issued an executive order to remove the checkpoints – the latest move to improve the business environment in the province. Police checkpoints along Road […]
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