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In Viet Nam, 82 per cent of year-end shoppers agreed that they looked for sales and bargains. Seventy per cent of surveyed shoppers say the Tet period was a good time to find the best deals. In fact, businesses in Viet Nam reported an increase in number of orders by almost two-three times compared to normal days during the three biggest shopping days, including November 11, Black Friday (last Friday of November) and December 12, according the survey. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES AUGUST 3

Also on June 23, Vice President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)’s Investment Operations D.J. Pandian said the AIIB has approved a total of 1 billion USD in loans for two projects in Indonesia as part of a coordinated international effort to support the Indonesian government’s plans to strengthen the country’s social safety network, bolster its health response and stem the economic downturn from the coronavirus health crisis. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia June 24

Australia's Victoria state imposed fresh, sweeping restrictions on Sunday, including a curfew in Melbourne for the next six weeks, a ban on wedding gatherings, and an order that schools and universities go back online in the coming days. … [Read more...] about Global virus cases top 18 million as Australian city imposes curfew

Việt Nam’s Government was supporting the two sectors with trade facilitation measures as both are export-oriented sectors. It had allowed the opening of the border for goods trading and was willing to issue electronic certificates of origin for goods to make it easier for companies to export and import, she said. … [Read more...] about Textile and electronics hardest hit in pandemic: official

The ONCB official explained that Myanmar had always been a transit route where drugs are then transported to southern Thailand, and then shipped by sea to third countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan and Australia./. … [Read more...] about Thailand arrests 1,374 suspects in three-month drug crackdown