As Exports Fall For 6th Straight Month MANILA, Philippines — The country’s trade deficit more than doubled in June as exports continued to decline and imports grew steeply, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. Total external trade in goods reached $14.75 billion in June, a 13.5 percent growth from $12.99 billion recorded in the same month in 2017. The PSA said total exports fell for the sixth straight […]
Read MoreAlibaba Group is aggressively luring Thai brands and travel operators to its digital platform. “Thailand is one of the strategic countries in Asean where Alibaba will bring the core commerce and technology infrastructure for payment, logistics and big data used in China to replicate the successful digital transformation,” James Xu, deputy chief representative for Thailand at […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the real estate are expected to dominate Vietnam’s M&A market this year as both foreign and domestic investors have been showing their keen interest in the sector. Vietnam’s M&A market exceeded the US$10-billion landmark for the first time last year, a nine-fold increase against 2008, and continued to […]
Read MoreThe government’s budget deficit in the upcoming 2018-19 fiscal year has reached the highest over the last seven years. Economists said this record-breaking deficit needs to be addressed, together with a range of other issues, such as the inflation rate, the Kyat’s depreciation and the slowing down of economic growth. Otherwise, the population will feel the […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian property market is set to gradually improve in the years ahead through to 2020, said the Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) here today. President Eric Lim Chin Heng said the property market might have bottomed out last year with transaction volumes hitting the lowest point since 2012 at 311,824. In […]
Read MoreTHE DESIGNATED Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA) is collaborating with eight institutes to develop eco-tourism for the benefit of 32 communities in the three southernmost provinces, DASTA director-general Nalikatibhag Sangsnit said. The environmentally friendly tourism initiatives in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are also aimed at boosting the number of visitors from across the Malaysian […]
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