Generation Z (Gen Z) is struggling to save and meet its financial goals in a world gripped with decades-high inflation and challenging economic conditions, a Bank of America survey showed on Tuesday. More than one-third of Gen Z consumers, or those aged between 18 and 25, that were surveyed by the bank’s personal finance education platform, Better […]
Read MoreCarrying out wage reform is one of the urgent solutions National Assembly Deputy Ta Thi Yen has proposed to retain staff amid the mass departure of state officers for the private sector. Deputy Head of the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Board for Deputy Affairs Ta Thi Yen told VietNamNet that it is regrettable that state […]
Read MoreThailand’s industrial sentiment rose for a third straight month in August to the highest level in more than two years, boosted by improved economic activity and a rebound in tourism as Covid-19 curbs were eased, a business group said on Tuesday. The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said its industries sentiment index rose to 90.5 last […]
Read MoreTHAI consumer confidence rose for a third straight month in August, reaching a 7-month high and bolstered by improved economic activity following an easing of pandemic curbs, a survey showed on Tuesday (Sep 13). The consumer index of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce rose to 43.7 in August from 42.4 in the […]
Read MoreCambodia exported $15,641 million worth of goods in the January-August period of this year, up by 26.3 percent compared to the same period last year, the General Department of Customs and Excise report said on Monday. The total value of the Kingdom’s international trade rose by 21.5 percent to $37,405 million, the report said, citing […]
Read MoreCountry’s previous growth trajectory was not sustainable, writes Kanni Wignaraja, U.N. assistant secretary general and director of the U.N. Development Program’s Asia and the Pacific bureau. Ricarda Rieger is UNDP’s resident representative in Laos. This past June, Vientiane almost came to a standstill. Fuel shortages stunted traffic and long lines formed at gas stations around the […]
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