MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte has assured farmers that the importation of rice during harvest season would be “limited” and that his administration would buy their produce even at a loss to the government. Duterte said he has ordered the agriculture department to come up with projections to determine how much rice would be imported. […]
Read MoreFINANCE, consultancy and fund management company Golden Equator Group on Monday announced its foray into Brunei, following the S$24.6 million strategic investment it received in April last year. Serial entrepreneur Taizo Son led the investment along with individual investors from Asia-Pacific, including Brunei, and the Middle East. The Singapore-headquartered conglomerate is looking to establish three businesses in Brunei: its multi-family […]
Read MoreHanoi (VNA) – Senior economic officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) gathered in Hanoi on January 12 for their 18th meeting hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). This was an important meeting of the CLMV economic cooperation mechanism within the economic cooperation channel of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2020. The […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy is expected to do better in 2020 as the manufacturing sector’s purchasing managers index for December 2019 rose to a 15-month high, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said. The PMI rose 0.5 to 50.0 points in December 2019, the highest reading in 15 months, Lim said. This came after the November […]
Read MoreThe authorities have reduced paperwork and introduced online document submission to help migrant workers and their employers beat the March 31 deadline for renewing work permits. More than 1.6 million migrant workers who hold pink cards, which are identification documents issued to migrants upon their employment registration, will need to renew their work permits before […]
Read MoreThe Prime Minister’s Office plans to upgrade the Daktaok local border crossing in Dakcheung district, Xekong province, to an international level crossing on the Vietnamese border. Lao and Vietnamese officials are currently discussing the date when this change will take place. If the status is elevated as planned, Daktaok will become Xekong’s first international border […]
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