The Cambodian think tank Asian Vision Institute (AVI), Woomentum and the Harpswell Foundation have launched a “Women Digital Entrepreneurship Programme (WDE)”. It is a joint venture to empower women’s digital entrepreneurship, business and social skills via policy dialogue, training, research and publication. The programme will kick-start with policy dialogue among female entrepreneurs and policy and […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The recovery of the Philippine economy may further stall amid the recent spike in COVID-19 infections, according to Moody’s Analytics and BDO Unibank Inc. Katrina Ell, economist at Moody’s Analytics, said the Philippine economy is in a worrisome condition and is likely to further stall at least through the first half of […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Commerce’s Go4eCam e-commerce marketplace is expected to go online in July, according to Long Kemvichet, the ministry’s spokesman. Kemvichet made the remarks at an Aid-for-Trade Stocktaking Event 2021 webinar on Wednesday afternoon. Aid for Trade is an initiative by the World Trade Organization to help accelerate and promote trade in developing countries. […]
Read MoreBangkok Bank (BBL) has become the first local bank to offer cross-border QR payments between Thailand and Vietnam. The service will help support economic recovery as Thailand opens up after the pandemic, the bank says. The project to promote cross-border payments via QR code technology is the fruit of a collaboration between the Bank of […]
Read MoreThe private sector in Phuket has welcomed the government’s reopening plan to allow vaccinated foreign tourists to visit the resort island from July 1 which is expected to pull in more than 84 billion baht. In July, Phuket will be the first province to waive the quarantine requirement for foreign visitors who have been vaccinated […]
Read MoreThailand’s economy is expected to grow 3.4% this year, down from the 4% projected earlier, and the recovery would be gradual amid high uncertainties and weak tourism, the World Bank said on Friday. Thailand’s tourism-reliant economy shrank 6.1% last year, its deepest slump in over two decades, with tourism battered by the impact of the […]
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