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Vietnam poised to drop visa requirements for 15 nations
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/06/2015
» HANOI — Vietnam will offer more visa exemptions and set up a US$100-million tourism fund to promote the country’s attractions in a bid to reverse a drop in foreign visitors that’s hurting the economy.
Thailand becoming 'old man of Asean'
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/03/2015
» Nuchnart Sakvisetchaikul got married four years ago in Bangkok at the age of 33. She has one child and doesn’t want more, an increasingly common trend among a population that is rapidly growing old.
Philippines mimicking Thailand to build auto industry
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/03/2015
» MANILA — The Philippines will offer tax breaks to as many as three automakers as one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies aims to become a regional production hub.
HSBC: China manufacturing rebounds
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/02/2015
» Chinese factory activity expanded in February, snapping two consecutive months of contraction, a closely watched private survey showed Wednesday in a bright spot amid a broad slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
S'pore boosts welfare in pre-poll budget
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/02/2015
» Singapore’s finance minister included more welfare benefits in a budget announced Monday that's potentially the current administration’s last before an election that has to be held by January 2017.
Asia’s toughest market for foreign English teachers getting tougher
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/02/2015
» JAKARTA — An English degree, a teaching certificate, five years of experience and an HIV test from your country of origin. That’s all you need to get a job with a starting salary equal to 39,000 baht a month in Indonesia.
Myanmar weighs sale of baht-denominated bonds
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/02/2015
» Myanmar is considering a sale of baht-denominated bonds as the country raises funds to help it emerge from five decades of economic isolation, according to Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission.
5 factors push Thailand's unemployment rate ridiculously low
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/02/2015
» Just 0.56%. That's Thailand's official unemployment rate as of the end of 2014. It's among the lowest in the world, and compares regionally with 9.4% in India and 6% in the Philippines.
Pension fund swaps bonds for stocks
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/01/2015
» Thailand’s biggest government-pension fund is seeking approval to reduce sovereign debt holdings as it buys local shares amid falling valuations.
Nepal deaths at 28 amid noodle drops
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/10/2014
» Rescue workers in Nepal airdropped packaged noodles to about 70 trekkers trapped in the Annapurna mountain range as the death toll from a blizzard three days ago rose to 28, the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal said.