Vietnam’s e-commerce market will maintain its solid growth trajectory this year, analysts said at a ceremony announcing Vietnam’s E-Business Index within the framework of the Vietnam Online Business Forum on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, a representative from the Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) said enterprises have become more dynamic and gradually adapted to e-commerce. The growing number of […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised $1.14 billion from its first gender bond issuance to support its gender equality programs in Asia-Pacific. ADB launched back-to-back gender bonds, raising $596 million from the sale of seven-year bond in the Canadian dollar maple market and $542 million from the sale of 4.5-year bond in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Government agencies have signed the implementing guidelines for the safety seal certification to assure the public of business establishments and government offices’ compliance to the minimum public health standards set amid the pandemic. These include the departments of labor and employment, health, interior and local government, tourism and trade. “Through the safety […]
Read MoreThe Thai Exhibition Association (TEA) is planning measures to bring back vaccinated international exhibitors without quarantine requirements by the second half of the year, in line with the government’s reopening plans for leisure tourists. Pravit Sribanditmongkol, the newly elected president of TEA, said the association would like to launch an entry scheme for international exhibitors, […]
Read MoreOperating hours of shopping malls, supermarkets and convenience stores will be shortened further in 18 high-risk provinces in order to reduce the spread of Covid-19, the Thai Retailers Association (TRA) said on Saturday. In addition, 42 provinces have now made mask-wearing in public mandatory, while officials in Nonthaburi are asking — but not yet ordering […]
Read MoreThe baht opened at 31.39 to the US dollar on Friday, weakening from its close of 31.35 on Thursday. The Thai currency is likely to move between 31.30 and 31.45 during the day, Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool said. He said the baht was facing several negative factors, such as the Covid-19 crisis in […]
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