Positive signs of growth for cross-border e-commerce could enhance Vietnamese brand value. Frozen and fresh passion fruit and durian are two of many Vietnamese farm produce selling well on Alibaba.com. A report showed that farm produce, food and drinks are among the top 10 best sellers on the e-commerce platform. According to Roger Lou, Vietnam […]
Read MoreInflation in Laos skyrocketed to 39.27% in December 2022, the highest rate of the year, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB). In December 2022, Laos set a new record for the highest inflation rate of the year, up from November’s figure of 38.46 percent. Food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose by 45.3 percent in the last month, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S unemployment rates dipped slightly in November and held steady at around pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Monday (Jan 9). The overall unemployment rate nudged down slightly to 1.9 per cent, from 2 per cent the month before. Resident unemployment was the same as the previous […]
Read MoreWhen the Department of Disease Control announced on New Year’s Eve that Thailand would no longer impose Covid-19 screening measures on Chinese visitors, the move quickly stirred a heated public debate. Thailand and China have built close diplomatic relations over a half-century, while significant spending of 531 billion baht from more than 10 million Chinese visitors in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines imported 16.4 percent more meat and meat products last year, driven mainly by higher pork shipments, according to the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI). The BAI data showed the country imported 1.36 billion kilos of meat and meat products last year compared to the previous year’s 1.17 billion kilos. Pork […]
Read MoreWith the launch of a new electricity transmission line by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic up to Cambodia, the energy trade, cooperation, and relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours are set to get a power boost. The new 500-kilovolt (KV) transmission line links a power substation at a village in the southern Champasak province […]
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