Vaccination is key for Vietnam’s safe economic reopening and recovery, according to foreign businesses. Vietnam needs to devise a roadmap for reopening right now to maintain its regional and global competitiveness while not being left behind in the economic recovery, according to the latest petition of foreign-invested businesses to the Vietnamese Prime Minister. Foreign business […]
Read MoreThe Cambodia Business Council in Thailand (CBC) says it is hoping to hear from the government as early as this month about visa changes that could come into force soon. They would first allow tourists to visit Sihanoukville before the Kingdom is fully opened to foreign visitors, according to CBC’s president Sothea Sambath. CBC Thailand is […]
Read MoreThe government is being advised to enact a specific law to govern the planned Northeast Economic Corridor (NEEC) to facilitate its development. The new corridor is expected to be similar in form to the government’s current flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), which covers three provinces. Isara Vongkusolkit, honorary chairman of Mitr Phol Sugar Corp, Asia’s […]
Read MoreMalaysia, the world’s second largest palm oil exporter, has kept crude palm oil export tax for October at 8%, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) announced in a notice published on its website on Monday. The country set a reference price for palm oil exports at MYR4,472.46 per tonne in October, up from MYR4,255.52 in September. Malaysia’s palm […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s external debt breached the $100 billion level after climbing by 4.3 percent to $101.2 billion as of end-June from $97 billion in end-March as the government borrowed more from foreign creditors to augment its COVID war chest, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said the […]
Read MoreThe value of exports of garment and accessories from Cambodia rose by 3.3 percent to $5.021 billion in the first eight months of this year, compared with 4.861 billion during the corresponding period last year, according to the statistics from the Ministry of Commerce. The value of apparel product exports accounted for 45 percent of […]
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