Thailand says investment pledges at 10-year high in Jan-Sept
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s investment applications rose 42% in the January-September period from the same period a year earlier, led by electronic manufacturing and data centre projects, the Board of Investment said on Monday. The value of investment applications rose…
Vietnam PM says aiming to lift 2024 growth above 7%
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s gross domestic product is expected to grow by 6.8%-7.0% this year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told parliament on Monday, before adding that the government was aiming to lift growth above the top end of that…
IMF, World Bank meetings clouded by wars, slow economic growth, US election
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global finance chiefs will gather in Washington this week amid intense uncertainty over wars in the Middle East and Europe, a flagging Chinese economy and worries that a coin-toss U.S. presidential election could ignite…