The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) is encouraging the government to allow foreign investors to enter Thailand as part of efforts to cope with the sluggish economy. It is preparing to propose measures to screen business travellers to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who chairs the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), […]
Read MoreNearly 1 million tonnes of rice paddy were exported from Cambodia to Vietnam from January to June this year, with exporters claiming that the COVID-19 virus will not affect the Kingdom’s rice export industry. According to the Ministry’s Agriculture Department Cambodia officially exported 921,047 tonnes of rice paddy to Vietnam from January 1 to June […]
Read MoreTOKYO: Japan plans to ease its coronavirus travel restrictions by letting in up to around 250 foreign travelers per day from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam, government sources said. The quota, which Japan aims to introduce this summer, will initially apply to businesspeople such as executives and engineers, the sources said, adding that the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The government will grant tax incentives to various tourism enterprises for the renovation or modernization of their facilities in line with upgrading health and safety protocols, the chief of the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. “The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved tax incentives that can be given to tourism enterprises that […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation is setting up what it calls the National SMEs Information Web Portal, called “KhmerSME”, to allow local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access various information and lets foreign direct investors (FDIs) to seek information from existing SMEs in Cambodia. With this portal, SMEs are able to […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s trade deficit narrowed to a new two-year low of $500 million in April as steep declines were registered in both imports and exports during the month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. Total external trade in goods last April reached $6.07 billion, down by 59.8 percent from $15.10 billion […]
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