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Thailand: Phuket to reopen as planned
- May 8, 2021
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No CommentsThe government still intends to press ahead with its plan to reopen Phuket to foreign tourists on 1 Jul 21, despite battling another surge of Covid-19 infections. The government’s committee on national tourism policy, chaired
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Thailand: Govt unveils THB225bn relief plan
- May 6, 2021
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The government will hand out THB7,000 each for four million people with high purchasing power and launch a new phase of “Khon La Khrueng” co-payment scheme as part of a new relief package worth THB225bn.
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Indonesia Anti-Graft Agency Retains Legal Power for Wiretapping
- May 5, 2021
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- Category: Daily News
Indonesia’s anti-corruption body retains its right to wiretap those suspected of corruption as part of an investigation, the constitutional court has ruled. Published late on 4 May 21, the decision addressed concerns that the 2019
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India: RBI: Normal monsoon should help contain food price pressures
- May 5, 2021
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Despite admitting to price pressures both from food items and input prices, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on 5 May 21 hoped that a normal Southwest monsoon will have a “soothing impact” on inflation pressures and
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Vietnam attracts over USD12bn in FDI in four months
- May 5, 2021
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As of Apr 20, Vietnam attracted USD12.25bn in foreign direct investment (FDI), equivalent to 99.3% compared to the same period in 2020, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA). The