The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is revising its target for Asian visitors this year, focusing on potential markets to counter a decline in Chinese arrivals.
Vietnam’s wood processing and export industry is on track to surpass its 2024 export target of 15.2 billion USD, navigating through complicated market developments with strategic adaptability.
The disbursement of public investment from the State budget in the first five months of this year was estimated to reach 190.6 trillion VND (7.44 billion USD), equal to 26.6% of the yearly target and 5% higher than the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Thailand is poised to exceed its 2023 rice export target of 8.5 million tonnes thanks to a surge in purchases in November, according to the Thai Rice Exporters Association.
Malaysia's aerospace industry is on track to meet its revenue target of 18 billion RM (about 3.84 billion USD) this year, with the industry expected to grow even faster next year as its product portfolio for the global aerospace supply chain expands.
Vietnam’s tourism industry has the potential to attract as many as 12-13 million visitors by the end of this year, far beyond the original 8 million target, said Deputy General Director of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) Pham Van Thuy.
Vietnam welcomed 8.9 million international visitors in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the target of 8 million visitors set for the whole year 2023.
Cambodia is confident of realising its goal of exporting 1 million tonnes of rice by 2025 as exports have reached over 400,000 tonnes in the first eight months of this year.
Vietnam's aquatic and forestry exports are likely to rebound and realise the targets set for 2023 in the remaining months of the year, thanks to signs of gradual recovery from export markets.
The northern province of Hai Duong has set a target to attract 400 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2023, according to Vice Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Duy Hung.
Malaysia’s government is optimistic about achieving the target of zero hardcore poverty by the end or 2025 with new integrated and holistic approaches in implementing the pilot projects towards increasing their income, Bernama news agency reported.
The PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) is undertaking a series of measures towards the goal of generating 832 million kWh of electricity in September.
Indonesia’s Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno has said that his ministry is targeting to draw 3.5–7.4 million foreign tourists to Indonesia in 2023.
The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is adopting measures to fulfill the target of welcoming 5 million foreign tourists this year, according to VNAT General Director Nguyen Trung Khanh.
Energy transition will play a key role in implementing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, contributing to the net-zero emission target set for 2050, said Tang The Cuong, director general of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Department of Climate Change.
Thailand cannot avoid entering the latest chapter of energy management as worries over climate change are growing, causing many countries to implement serious measures against industries that emit carbon dioxide, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow has said.
The Vietnamese kurash team won two more gold medals on May 11, the second day of the event’s competition, at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), exceeding the target of five golds.