MANILA, Philippines — The government is bent on meeting this year’s infrastructure spending program even as expenses remain below target as of end-September. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman has indicated that infrastructure spending will be achieved despite the slowdown in the first half of the year due to the national elections. […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — Malaysia’s trade continued its stellar performance and maintained an upward trajectory in November 2022 with trade expanded by 15.6 per cent to RM238.17 billion compared to November 2021 — the 22nd consecutive month of year-on-year (y-o-y) double-digit expansion. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) said in a statement […]
Read MoreConstruction of a 5-billion-baht Silicon Tech Park, expected to be a model for Thai digital cities, is set to start next year in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) through a public-private partnership. The project, dubbed the “Silicon Valley of the East” and co-developed by Planet Communications Asia Plc, Cisco and the EEC Office, is located on an […]
Read MorePhones and phone components have been the most valuable export items of Vietnam in recent years. There are still more opportunities for Vietnam to develop the electronics industry. The industry mostly makes phones, tablets, motherboards, screens, TVs, cameras, office equipment and optical products. Phone and phone components have had the largest export turnover since 2013. […]
Read MorePork, corn, rice, coal MANILA, Philippines — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) is pushing for the extension of the reduced tariffs for pork, corn, rice and coal, at least for another year, as prices remain elevated. Socioeconomic Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said during the Saturday News Forum that the NEDA Board has endorsed the […]
Read MoreNewly-ratified free trade agreements, namely the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA), have helped boost Cambodia’s agriculture and agro-processing industries, said World Bank senior country economist Ly Sodeth. Cambodia’s economy has recovered well from the impact of COVID-19 in 2022, with better performance being expected for 2023, said a government […]
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