EASING fears over the state of Singapore’s economy and expansion in the manufacturing and service sectors have lifted the Republic’s consumer confidence to 94 points, up five points from last quarter’s 89 in Nielsen’s latest global consumer confidence survey. Chief worries among Singaporeans included job security and the economy, the survey has found. Worries over […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s fiber and yarn exports are forecast to reach this year’s US$3.1 billion target despite concerns that the application of anti-dumping tariffs in some export markets might cast a negative impact on the country’s export performance. According to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas), Vietnam earned $2.8 billion from fiber exports in […]
Read MoreJust six months into operations, local mobile payment platform Pi Pay has partnered with giant Chinese counterpart Alipay, looking to capitalise on the Chinese company’s broad network and to attract more merchants to its platform. The partnership allows visitors from China to access Pi Pay merchants through Alipay. Chinese tourists have been visiting Cambodia in […]
Read MoreLao and Vietnamese leaders have vowed to work together to further cement the special relations between the two neighbours as Laos’ top leader pays an official goodwill visit to Vietnam. Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao PDR Bounnhang Vorachit is leading a high-level delegation on a visit to […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: An improving economy, recovering consumer sentiment and better corporate earnings will help support the stock market and ringgit next year. Interest rate hikes and for Malaysia, the general election, will play a role in the direction of the financial markets. Experts are more optimistic for the Malaysian market and currency although they cautioned […]
Read MoreIndonesia and Palestine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to exchange zero tariffs for particular goods to improve their bilateral trade, Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita announced Wednesday. “On the sidelines of the WTO ministerial conference in Argentina recently, we signed the MoU with Palestine as instructed by our President to implement the OIC [Organization of Islamic […]
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