by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 14, 2023 | ASEAN, Economy, Malaysia, News, Southeast Asia
Malaysia has no plans to reintroduce a goods and services tax (GST) or any other broad-based consumption tax, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says. The government will instead look to reduce subsidies enjoyed by the wealthy. Malaysia offers subsidies to all citizens,...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 12, 2023 | Linkss, Asia, Business, Cambodia, China, Economy, News, Southeast Asia
The 187-km-long freeway from Phnom Penh is a 2 billion USD investment by the China Road and Bridge Corporation. It is also one of the results of cooperation between China and Cambodia under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). More than one million vehicles had...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 11, 2023 | ASEAN, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Southeast Asia, Sports, Thailand
The DP World Tour will finally return to Thailand. After a four-year absence, the DP World Tour will kick off its new Thailand Classic event from 16-19 February, hosted by the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi. The DP World Tour is the main men’s professional golf...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 5, 2023 | ASEAN, Education, Myanmar, News, Southeast Asia, Thailand
Thai universities are seeing a tenfold increase in the enrollment of students from Myanmar. One example is Rangsit University which has roughly 1,000 Myanmar nationals enrolled in its international courses during the current academic year. Currently, the most popular...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 4, 2023 | Indonesia, Business, Southeast Asia, Technology
The Indonesian government wants to make the country a key global player in the commodity-based downstream industry given its enormous natural resource potential. The government is focusing commodity downstreaming on agro-based industries such as the oleochemical...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jan 31, 2023 | Linkss, Asia, Business, Economy, Education, Entertainment, Finland, Food & Drinks, Lifestyle, News, Southeast Asia, Sports, Technology, Thailand, Travel, Visions
Vision Finland has been publishing magazines for a number of years. Now, these publications will be available also online. Last year, the VF-team created a special anniversary magazine for the Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce. It can be accessed and read by clicking...
