Liberalized retail trade still gov’t priority
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) wants to make it easier for foreign businesses to set up shop here, easing their burden at a time when the health crisis…
Vietnam to select top priority industries to support in the ‘new normal’
Fishermen load tuna from a fishing boat in Binh Dinh Province. The seafood processing industry is facing a lot of difficulties amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo dantri via Viet Nam…
Dominguez: Liquor, cigarette restrictions to stay as health top priority amid pandemic
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. File photo by JOAN BONDOC / Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines — The government will keep the restrictions on liquor sale as well as withdrawals…
Dominguez: Priority in COVID-19 aid are workers, not businesses
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the economy and jobs, companies cannot expect immediate help from the government as priority in aid are workers displaced by draconic quarantine measures. Finance Secretary…