The Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement between the Governments of Vietnam and the US was signed in Hanoi on December 6 in the presence of Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.
The government of Thailand has rolled out further stimulus measures intended to inject about 144 billion baht (4.76 billion USD) into the economy to boost full-year economic growth to 2.8 percent.
Thai Minister of Finance Uttama Savanayana has announced that the government plans to launch a tax refund mobile application by the end of this month in a bid to increase tourism spending.
The Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on November 4 that the country’s economic growth reached 5.02 percent in the third quarter, the lowest level in more than two years.
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has denied the notion that the tax revenue target for 2019 was set too high, causing the government fail to achieve it.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently issued a disciplinary warning against Vu Van Ninh, Deputy PM in the 2011 – 2016 tenure, for his serious violations and shortcomings while performing duties.
Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung presented a report on the State budget performance in 2019, estimates for 2020 and the five-year financial plan (2016-2020) to the National Assembly on October 31.
Politburo member and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 30 for Minister of Finance, Minister for Sport and Recreation and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage of New Zealand Grant Robertson.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between Education New Zealand and the Department of Education and Training of Hanoi was signed in the Vietnamese capital city on October 29.
Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has said the permanent reorientation of the global supply chain due to the US-China trade war can be a golden opportunity to attract new investment and reverse Malaysia's premature deindustrialisation.
Indonesia's central bank cut interest rates for the fourth month in a row on October 24 as Southeast Asia's largest economy looks to counter slowing global growth.
The Thai cabinet has approved an additional stimulus package valued at 5.8 billion baht (191 million USD) with a hope of boosting the economy to close to the country’s target of 3 percent.
The Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP) 2019 kicked off at the Singapore Expo centre in Singapore on October 22, attracting the participation of 350 companies from over 30 countries worldwide.
Vietnam’s outstanding tax payments had reached 88.25 trillion VND (3.8 billion USD) as of September, up 8.2 percent from the end of 2018, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung said.
National Assembly (NA) deputies will have a plenary discussion on October 22 focusing on the draft revised Securities Law as part of their ongoing eighth session.
Malaysian police on October 10 arrested two members of the Democratic Action Party, a member of Malaysia's ruling coalition, for alleged links to the now-defunct Sri Lankan Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatist group.
Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has affirmed that former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government led by the National Front showed the lack of transparency in property transactions worth over 4 billion USD during the 2010 – 2017 period.
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