by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 17, 2024 | Vietnam, Food & Drinks, Health, Lifestyle, News, Society, Taxation
Vietnam’s Finance Ministry is proposing a hike in special consumption tax on alcoholic drinks to 100% by 2030. Under the draft, the tax on beer and strong liquor will first be raised to 70-80% by 2026 from the current 65%. “Alcoholic drinks and beer prices...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 17, 2024 | Business, AI, China, Energy, Hong Kong, Investment, News
The recently established Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) has managed to lure 50 industry leaders to establish a presence in Hong Kong, underlining the city’s advantages such as geographical location and policy support. This is expected to bring...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 16, 2024 | Lifestyle, Malaysia, Media, News, Reports, Social Media, Society, Technology
Malaysia’s government had the world’s highest number of requests to TikTok to take down content in the second half of 2023. According to TikTok’s biannual transparency report, Kuala Lumpur made 1,862 such requests – an average of 10 daily – in that period. This is 5.5...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 15, 2024 | News, Culture, Lifestyle, Vietnam
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has declared Vietnamese an official city language that requires the authorities’ provision of translation services. The decision is aimed at ensuring that residents can be served in the language they are most comfortable in. The...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 14, 2024 | Reports, Crime, Denmark, Finland, News, Norway, Philippines, Society, Sweden
Through the Nordic Liaison Office (NLO) in Manila, the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are working closely together with the Philippine government to protect children from online sexual abuse and trafficking and to bring...
