Riel loan interest rates on par with dollar counterparts Interest rates for microfinance loans issued in Cambodian riel have decreased to the same level as those given in US dollar, a change industry insiders claim […]
Indonesia Takes First Steps Towards a Digital Fiat Currency Solution with eCurrency eCurrency Mint Limited (eCurrency) announced today that it has partnered with PayPro Indonesia to provide eCurrency’s digital fiat currency (DFC) solution in Indonesia. […]
Vietnamese banking tycoon appeals life sentence following massive graft trial Ha Van Tham asked the court to reconsider the embezzlement charges he has been convicted of. — VnExpress Vietnam scraps planned parenthood in revised population […]
Parliament Approves Plan to Redistribute Opposition Seats Ruling party lawmakers on Monday voted to approve amendments to four election laws that would see the opposition’s seats in the National Assembly handed out to minority parties […]
Jokowi scouting for private investment as Freeport row lingers Indonesia will turn to private investors for the hundreds of billions of dollars in investment needed to develop the archipelago’s infrastructure and natural resources, President Joko […]
Economic committee prepares reports for NA’s coming session The National Assembly (NA)’s Committee for Economic Affairs commenced a two-day meeting in Da Nang city on October 17 to prepare for verification reports to be submitted […]
Cambodian rubber exports rise 33% Cambodia’s rubber exports to the international market saw an increase of 33% in the first nine months of 2017, while the average price for the commodity went up 53%, compared […]
Indonesia Faces Challenges in Infrastructure, Tax, Poverty Indonesia is on track to become a trillion-dollar economy and should be the envy of Southeast Asia. Yet on some key measures, the region’s biggest economy is falling […]
Prime Minister values US Congress’s support to relations with Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with a delegation of US parliamentarians led by Ted Yoho, Chairman of the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee at […]
Cambodia’s Increasing Prosperity: Domestic Hurdles Ahead Cambodia recently made the transition from a low income to a lower middle-income country, according to the World Bank’s rankings. This is good news, but it poses a question: […]
Indonesia set for trillion US dollar economy in bittersweet triumph Indonesia is on track to become a trillion US dollar economy and should be the envy of South-east Asia. Yet on some key measures, the […]
Can Vietnam avoid a crash this time? Vietnam’s China-beating economic growth rate is the envy of Asia, as neighbors struggle to keep up with its 7.4% pace. That does not mean officials in Hanoi should […]