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Cambodia rubber exports Jan-June reach 132,000 tonnes

Cambodia exported 132,174 tons of rubber between January and June year, a 5.7 percent increase over the same period last year. According to figures from the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry,and Fisheries, the average price of rubber during the period was $1,677 per tonnes.  This was up 28.7 percent over the average price of the same period […]

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Philippines: Factory output returns to growth zone

MANILA, Philippines — The continued downgrade of quarantine restrictions helped the manufacturing sector return to positive territory last month as more factories managed to operate at a much higher capacity. Market intelligence firm IHS Markit said the country’s headline purchasing managers’ index (PMI) stood at 50.8 in June, an improvement from the 49.9 recorded in […]

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Vietnam: CPI growth in 2021’s first half lowest since 2016

Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) in the first half of 2021 grew 1.47% compared with the same period last year, the lowest rate since 2016, according to the General Statistics Office. The core inflation, which excludes the prices of fresh food, energy and State-controlled healthcare and education services, edged up 0.87% versus the year-ago period. […]

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Thailand: AoT reports 71% drop in traffic amid Covid

Airports of Thailand (AoT) is saying that it is ready to welcome international tourists under the Phuket sandbox tourism scheme, while revealing that air traffic at six of its airports dropped by 71% in the last fiscal year to the Covid-19 pandemic. These comprise Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Mae Fah Luang–Chiang Rai, and […]

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Thailand: FDI to start recovering next year in hotel, tourism sectors

Thailand’s foreign direct investment (FDI) is expected to recover next year, especially for hotels, tourism and other sectors such as electronics and wafer fabrication for which the Board of Investment has offered attractive tax breaks. Speaking at an online seminar “Key Findings Of UNCTAD World Investment Report 2021: Post-Covid Challenges In Asia-Pacific”, Manu Sithiprasasana, executive […]

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