Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has asked the Ministry of Energy and Mines to clarify the pricing structure for electricity tariffs amid widespread public complaints. Speaking at the monthly government meeting last week, the prime minister said that the reasoning for an increase in electricity tariffs must be clearly explained and justified in order to […]
Read MoreResidential property sales and prices rise have shown a downward trend amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has battered people’s purchasing power and developers’ marketing efforts, despite lower mortgage interest rates. Totok Lusida, the chairman of the Real Estate Indonesia (REI), an association of 6,400 developers, said on May 18 that aside from hindered construction, social […]
Read MoreA senior official at the Ministry of Agriculture has called on more investment in the horticulture and subsidiary crops sector because the demand for vegetables in the country has increased nearly 1,000 tonnes per day. Kean Sophea, director of the department of horticulture and subsidiary crops at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, told Khmer […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, May 26 — To economists, the sharp plunge in April’s consumer price index was hardly a surprise. The nation was under a partial lockdown for that entire month; businesses shut down and demand plunged. But consumers saw the deflation as a telling sign of something far more ominous. Jobs and livelihoods were destroyed and people […]
Read MoreTaxpayers will now be able to pay taxes digitally without having to physically visit the local tax office, the Internal Revenue Department (IRD), which is under the Ministry of Planning, Finance, and Industry announced May 25. The e-payment services will be made available by local banks. Starting May 25, taxpayers will be able to pay […]
Read MoreThe Import and Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has set up different working groups to implement the the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). The department said it will deploy 25 tasks into five key working groups for the agreement. The first group includes building and issuing legal documents. In detail, […]
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