The Indonesian Government is actively pursuing membership in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as part of its ambition to become a high-income country, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Ha…
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has revealed a plan to boost its revenue from foreign tourists and the “Thais Travelling in Thailand” campaign.As part of the recently announced “Direction for Promoting the Tourism Market in 2023”, the authorit…
Thai rice exporters are concerned about India’s announcement that it will ban the export of non-basmati white rice with immediate effect, saying the move could potentially impact Thailand’s rice industry, leading to a possible 10% increase in domestic…
It is necessary to further step up trade promotion activities and disseminate information to the business community about the benefits of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to take advantage of strengths of both Vietnam and Austria to further…
A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Vice Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Nguyen Lam is paying a working visit to Venezuela from July 19 to 23.During the trip, the delegation made a court…
Vietnamese and US officials discussed economic outlook and climate finance at a meeting held by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Foreign Trade University (FTU) in Hanoi on July 21.The event was part of an official visit to Vietnam by US Secreta…
The Social Security System (SSS) – Luzon Bicol division is expecting to collect PHP700,000 from six delinquent employers who do not remit their employees’ contributions in Daraga City, Albay province. The six establishments are in the hardware, cantee…
The Philippine government would not allow members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to come to the country to conduct an investigation into the drug war waged by former president Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Saturda…
Freeing farmers from debt is one of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s promises during his first State of the Nation Address in 2022. With the signing into law of Republic Act (RA) 11953 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act recently, the administrati…
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) needs all hands on deck in improving governance trough digitalization. The E-Governance Act or House Bill No. 7327, a consolidation of 21 related measures, was highlighted by President…
The unemployment rate in the Calabarzon Region remained relatively low at 5.5 percent as of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) survey in April. The same survey also showed that the five-province region had an underemployment rate of 13.3 perc…
A memorandum of cooperation was signed by the Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijani news agency AZERTAC Vugar Aliyev and Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency BTA Kiril Valchev during the Global Media Forum, which Azerbaijani President Ilha…
