THE number of unemployed Filipinos slightly went up in December, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. In a virtual briefing on Thursday, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said that based on the preliminary results of the latest Labor Force Survey, the number of out-of-work individuals was estimated at 3.27 million from 3.16 million in November 2021. This […]
Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic has attracted capital from Vietnamese investors in cryptocurrencies. About 6 million Vietnamese own digital assets. In an interview with Techinasia, investor Nam Nguyen, 25, said he invested $3,000 in the cryptocurrency market during the boom in March 2021. The profit he earned was used to maintain his restaurant after the social distancing […]
Read MoreXinhua – Trade among economies in the Asia-Pacific rose to the highest level in three decades, bolstering the region’s economic resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic even as mobility restrictions and supply-chain disruptions hampered global trade, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Wednesday. The Asian Economic Integration Report 2022 said the strong intraregional […]
Read MoreConsumer sentiment declined for the first time in five months in January as consumers fretted about a spike in Omicron infections, the slow pace of the country’s economic recovery and rising food prices. The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) reported yesterday the consumer confidence index fell to 44.8 in January from 46.2 […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has proposed the Government resumes pre-pandemic waivers of visas for tourists from 24 countries when the country restarts international tourism. The ministry earlier proposed March 31, 2022, to be the beginning of the total reopening of international tourism in Vietnam, as the country expects to finish its COVID-19 […]
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