State-owned lender PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has announced it will stop disbursing credits for ownership of apartments in Meikarta township project, following the arrests of several people, including executives of Lippo Group, by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a bribery case. BNI retail director Tambok PS Simanjuntak said the ceasing of the disbursement […]
Read MoreMining permits for some 1000 jade and gemstone blocks across Myanmar will expire this month, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC). Half the mines are located in Hpakant and Lone Khin and operated by Myanmar Imperial Jade Company, while a third are in Maw Lu- Maw Han, by Chaow Brothers […]
Read MoreTHE Philippines’ economic growth is expected to further slow and remain below government target this year due to global economic uncertainties coupled with sluggish investment prospects in the domestic front. In a January 24 report titled Philippine Economy Unlikely To Gather Steam In 2019, Fitch Solutions said expected the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Being the deal’s co-founder, Vietnam has the rights to accept or refuse a third country joining the CPTPP, while future participants could not propose too many new clauses to the deal as they must accept existing conditions. The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) would give Vietnam an upper hand in negotiating trade […]
Read MoreINVESTORS and business operators in Laos will no longer find it so difficult to register their enterprise after the Ministry of Industry and Commerce unveiled a new plan that will cut the registration time to 10 working days. Minister of Industry and Commerce Mrs Khemmani Pholsena issued the ministerial agreement on enterprise registration on January 9 and […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government has begun a series of reforms intended to strengthen economic independence and promote business in the Kingdom, as they prepare for the possible loss of preferential trade access to the EU and US in the coming months. Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday announced one such measure, with the removal of the Kampuchea Shipping […]
Read More
Thailand
