Thais are flocking to Bangkok’s Chinatown to sell their gold jewellery as the price of the precious metal spikes and the economy tanks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gold surged to a seven-year high on Tuesday to US$1,731.25 an ounce, following global moves led by the US to reinflate economies with trillions of dollars of […]
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic is driving the airlines, hospitality, restaurants and related support industries to the brink. Amid all these, Cambodia Angkor Airline the national carrier of Cambodia, a Cambodia, Vietnam Airline joint venture, is facing turbulent times with the minority partner putting its stake for sale, including its five aircraft. Sin Chansereyvutha, spokesman of the […]
Read MoreThe Commerce Ministry is scheduled to meet manufacturers, modern trade operators and department stores on Thursday to ask for cooperation on lowering prices of essential goods for consumers, with a focus on food and daily use products to reduce the cost of living for people hurt by the pandemic. Local diesel prices, which is a […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Sixty-two percent of Vietnamese respondents said that they would eat at home more often in the post-Covid-19 period. Vietnam is one of the top three Asian markets that follows the trend of eating at home more often after the end of the pandemic, according to the latest findings released on April 12 by […]
Read MoreThailand is maintaining exports of rubber products and processed rubber as global demand surges, particularly for rubber products relating to virus protection such as rubber gloves and synthetic rubber used to make such gloves. Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Trade Negotiations Department, said Thailand’s outbound shipments of rubber products and processed rubber in the form […]
Read MoreLaos’ central bank (Bank of Laos) has issued a public notice (dated 1 April) debunking rumors of a plan to print LAK 500,000 notes. The Bank of Laos has announced that the LAK 500,000 note is a fabricated construct of malicious individuals who are trying to create confusion in society. As circulated on social media, […]
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