Travel operators in Indonesia have hit out at the government’s controversial plan to ban budget travellers or backpackers from entering Bali, as it looks to pivot to quality tourism to speed up economic recovery post-Covid. Luhut Panjaitan, coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment, who leads the implementation of emergency public activity restrictions (PPKM) in […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Commerce has ordered all foreign enterprises, sole proprietorships, legal entities and branches of foreign companies that engage in the Cambodian e-commerce market to apply for the proper licences or permits by November 30, or face fines, closure, or other legal consequences. The ultimatum comes after several workshops and other means of outreach […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Planning and Investment yesterday said the Government should allow enterprises to actively deploy production and business plans suitable with their own circumstance and reconsider the “3-on-site” model due to high operating costs. The recommendation was raised at an online meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh with a number of […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Excise tax collections from tobacco products went up more than 31 percent to P83 billion in the seven months to July from P63 billion a year ago, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Co. Inc. (PMFTC) remained the top tax payer among tobacco firms with over 50 percent […]
Read MoreWith the government’s determination to gradually loosen social distancing policies, businesses are eager to build strategies to resume operations as soon and as fully as possible. Nguyen Hoai Bao, vice president of wooden furniture exporter Scansia Pacific, explained to VIR that the company is maintaining the stay-at-work operation method with capacity of 20 per cent. […]
Read MoreThe Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) said on Monday that Thailand is reevaluating the pros and cons of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) free trade agreement after China signed the pact last week. Auramon Supthaweethum, the department’s director-general, said the market size of CPTPP is now bigger than it was when it only […]
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