Thailand shows a strong level of digital readiness with a high penetration rate for internet usage, social media engagement, mobile connections, online shopping and digital payments, according to the “Digital 2022: Thailand” report. The report was released by DataReportal, which analyses and collects online data from around the world, in partnership with creative agency We […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE exports opened the year on a strong note, with non-oil domestic exports (NODX) up by 17.6 per cent year on year in January. The latest trade print, which exceeded private-sector analysts’ forecast of 12.4 per cent, was mainly due to shipments of non-electronics such as ship structure, specialised machinery and petrochemicals, trade agency Enterprise […]
Read MoreTickets for travel on the Laos-China Railway will soon go on sale at the Vientiane Center – a shopping mall in the city centre – so that ticket sales are not limited to train stations, the Laos-China Railway Company Limited has said. The company, which operates the rail route, is also setting up an online […]
Read MoreCambodia has been witnessing a five-year decline in its economic freedom, further depressed by score decrease in terms of labour and trade freedom recording a 2.4-point overall loss of economic freedom since 2017 and remains mired in the “Mostly Unfree” category. Despite this, Royal Academy of Cambodia researcher Hong Vannak insisted that the ranking was […]
Read MoreThe government is being urged to pay more serious attention to speeding up the production sector’s restructuring to create new jobs and boost economic growth. Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), said the government desperately needs to transform the production sector to more high-technology industry that can draw greater […]
Read MoreCOVID-19 support measures boosted gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 by 0.8 percentage points and kept resident unemployment 4 percentage points lower than it would have been otherwise in the same year, a paper by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has found. Singapore’s economy in 2021 grew 7.6 per cent year on year, while annual […]
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