14th G20 Summit opens in Osaka World

14th G20 Summit opens in Osaka

The 14th G20 Summit opened in Osaka, Japan on the morning of June 28 with the participation of leaders from G20 economies and eight guest countries, as well as leaders of nine organisations, including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).
Thai economy shows good performance: SCB World

Thai economy shows good performance: SCB

The Siam Commercial Bank’s (SCB) latest review of the Thai economy reveals a healthy expansion rate despite a decrease in growth due to the global economy, trade war between the United States and China, and uncertainty among private companies on the formation of new government.
Malaysian, Argentinean firms to set oil joint venture World

Malaysian, Argentinean firms to set oil joint venture

Argentina’s state-controlled energy company YPF and Malaysia’s Petronas will form a joint venture to invest 2.3 billion USD over the next four years in the Latin American country’s Vaca Muerta shale oil fields.
Private sector’s role in global trade highlighted World

Private sector’s role in global trade highlighted

Nearly 400 representatives of Governments and businesses, and experts at the New Economy Forum in Singapore on November 6-7 agreed on the need to promote the private economic sector in order to increase the firm connectivity of the global trade.
IMF forecasts higher growth for Thailand World

IMF forecasts higher growth for Thailand

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its Thai economic growth projections for this year and next from 3.9 percent to 4.6 percent and 3.8 percent to 3.9 percent, respectively.
PM attends opening session of IMF-WB annual meetings World

PM attends opening session of IMF-WB annual meetings

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined leaders of other ASEAN countries at the opening ceremony of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank (WB) Group in Bali, Indonesia, on October 12.
ASEAN reaffirms commitment on multilateral trade system World

ASEAN reaffirms commitment on multilateral trade system

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have reaffirmed commitment to upholding the open and rules-based multilateral trading system which has underpinned the countries’ economic growth during a meeting between ASEAN leaders.