Rice exports will resume in May at regular volumes of 150,000 tonnes for the month of May, the Myanmar Rice Federation (MFR) announced on April 28. 100,000 tonnes will shipped overseas while the remaining 50,000 tonnes will be traded at the border. More than 2 million tonnes of rice will be allocated for export in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Loans for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) now carry a lower credit risk weighting to encourage banks to lend more to the sector as the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 has severely disrupted economic activity across the country, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said the […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) said it has been working on developing a draft of the government’s digital policy framework, in a move to respond to emerging digital innovation and global technology trends. Meas Po, deputy secretary of MPTC, told Khmer Times a working group at the ministry has conducted the “Zero Draft”, […]
Read MoreAround 61 percent of respondents have not been offered relief by landlords, a flash survey of the impacts of COVID-19 done by CBRE has found. The consultancy said the survey polled its 180 occupier clients in early April to gauge the industry response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The pandemic has caused concern about the business […]
Read MoreThailand’s live social sales on Facebook have surged more than 200% since February as people are hunkered down at home, with the trend likely to continue after the outbreak, says Shoplus, an artificial intelligence (AI) social sales provider from Taiwan. “With the lockdown and closure of retail shops, the company saw Thai online merchants increase […]
Read MoreThe management of the government’s preemployment card program revealed Wednesday that it had failed to persuade ride-hailing decacorn Gojek and online airline ticketing and hotel booking unicorn Traveloka to be its partners. The management’s executive director, Denni Purbasari, said her side had asked Gojek and Traveloka, valued at US$10 billion and $1 billion respectively, to […]
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