Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Preferring to Neither Sink or Swim Jokowi Pulls the Plug on Jakarta: Asean’s Sinking Cities Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang […]
Large corporations rush to lift foreign ownership ratio limit A number of leading corporations have lifted the foreign ownership ratio limit after the government issued Decree 60. – VietnamNet Bridge Facebook business must pay five […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Beijing now calls the shots in the South China Sea, and the US and Asean must accept this for lasting peace The contest for the perceptual domination […]
VN joins Inclusive Framework to fight tax avoidance Viet Nam has become the 100th member to join the Inclusive Framework (IF) on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS), the General Department of Taxation announced. – […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Singapore Tops First Asia-Pacific University Rankings: Malaysia Rising Five Asean countries are represented in the first edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia-Pacific University Rankings, with […]
Vietnam’s growth forecast lowered by International Monetary Fund Vietnam’s growth outlook has been cut to 6.3 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday, lowering its forecast from the previously projected 6.5 percent. […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN’s manufacturing index comes in flat as demand wanes After five months of expansion, Southeast Asia’s manufacturing activity turned flat in June, with the Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing […]
Vietnam’s economic growth to out-tiger China by 2018: UBS report Swiss investment bank UBS has forecast that Vietnam will marginally outpace China’s economic growth for the first time in 2018. – VnExpress Vietnam tourism earns […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu PH to outperform growth in Asean — BMI Research The Philippines, together with Myanmar and Vietnam, are expected to post the fastest economic growth in Asean mainly […]
E-applications for immigration launched The Department of Immigration has launched a website for enterprises, organizations, and agencies to complete immigration procedures online for foreign employees. – Vietnam EconomicTimes Unemployment dips slightly in second quarter In […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu June manufacturing PMI hits record low Malaysia’s Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for June hit its lowest in five years since data for the index was […]
New policies take effect from July Many policies concerning maritime, taxation, investment, insurance and Pangasius fish farming have taken effect from July. – VietnamNet Bridge Pork without traceable origin to be barred from Ho Chi […]