Vietnam attracted an estimated foreign investment of more than US$15.41 billion in the first seven months of this year down 7.1 per cent year on year, according to the country's Ministry of Planning and Investment official data.
Thai businesses are cashing in with cannabis-infused products like toothpaste, tea, soaps and snacks after the government legalised the plant and its extract this year, generating a wave of interest in the drug.
Thailand’s Finance Ministry maintained its forecast for the economy to expand at 3.5% this year, with the scrapping of travel curbs and a weaker baht creating bargains to win tourists back.
Vietnam is on the right track in accelerating its decisive economic reform, but an upgrade is needed to meet the government's aspirations of sustained, inclusive, and green growth, said an expert from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Myanmar's total goods imports and exports surged 18.19 per cent year on year to over US$7.62 billion in the first quarter of the 2022-2023 fiscal year started on April 1, official data has showed.