The Hanoitimes – In Vietnam, the gender financing gap is estimated by the International Finance Corporation to be at US$1.19 billion. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has received US$20.2 million from the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) to support women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) to access critical financing and training in Vietnam and the Pacific. […]
Read MoreTris Rating expects demand for housing in Thailand to drop by 10% this year, as negative factors outweigh positive ones. The major negative factors include the new loan-to-value (LTV) rules imposed by the Bank of Thailand, an expected decline in Chinese buyers, and political uncertainty. In addition, the number of non-performing mortgage loans is rising, as […]
Read MoreThe Business Development Department has teamed up with Grab Thailand to promote Thai restaurants certified with the Thai Select seal by the Commerce Ministry. Vuttikrai Leewiraphan, director-general of the department, said in the first phase there will be 101 Thai Select-certified restaurants and 22 franchised restaurants in Bangkok and Chiang Mai participating in the scheme. Thai […]
Read MoreTwo state-run agencies — the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) — are teaming up with Pinthong Industrial Park to develop on-site power generation at industrial estates in Chon Buri province. The system includes power generation from solar rooftops and energy storage, as well as a blockchain system […]
Read MoreThe government is pushing to get at least two contracts relating to the much-touted Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project signed by next month, before the new government is sworn in. The EEC scheme consists of five different projects — the 225-billion-baht high-speed railway linking three major airports, the 290-billion-baht construction of U-Tapao Aviation City, the setting-up […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines should consider a merger, said an equity analyst. According to Maybank Kim Eng’s regional aviation analyst Mohshin Aziz, it was his personal opinion this would make both airlines more cost efficient to operate. “This is my firm view,” he said. Speaking at an Invest Asia 2019 presentation today, he […]
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