Government
Ministries to be trimmed for ‘efficiency’ under next government
Hoping to reduce bureaucratic red tape, the National League for Democracy revealed that it will slash ministries when it takes control of the government in two months. The ministries have been rushing to compile progress reports with an eye toward easing the transition. But the flurry ...
Party leader proud of accomplishments
Despite rapid and complex changes in the world, Laos has been able to accomplish its socio-economic development plans over the past five years (2011-15) under the leadership of the Party. Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of the Laos, Mr Choummaly Sayasone, ...
Ex-manager of ThaiHealth named Thai PBS chief
The Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) has appointed a former manager of Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) as its new chief. Two-thirds of the nine-member ThaiPBS policy committee voted Krissada Raungarreerat in as the new director-general of Thailand’s first public broadcasting service. The panel had ...
Cases to be opened over election campaign expenses
Legal cases will be opened against 175 candidates in the November 2015 general election for failing to submit their campaign expenses on time, according to the Union Election Commission. “The election tribunal will start hearing those cases on 21 January in Nay Pyi Taw,” said U ...
Lack of ethnic party MPs ‘serious weakness’ in parliament
During the 8 November election, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won by a landslide, crushing the army-linked Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and surprising many by also winning big in ethnic minority-dominated areas where ethnic political parties had expected ...
Review on further tax break
The Revenue Department may renew the 15,000-baht tax break on domestic tour packages and hotel accommodation that expired last month. The tax-collecting agency will also decide whether to extend the deduction for one year or two, director-general Prasong Poontaneat said. Keep reading ...
Vietnam battles to balance State budget
Vietnam Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung said in an interview on VTV on 10 January that one of the key tasks that his ministry will fulfil this year is to balance the state budget. Dung said it was projected that in 2016 the crude oil price ...
Vietnam tax authorities to get tough on Uber: report
More than a year after entering Vietnam and constantly facing authorities’ scrutiny and protests from taxi companies, US-headquartered cab-hailing service Uber is in the hot seat for failing to pay taxes. Speaking to Tuoi Tre newspaper on 9 January, a Ho Chi Minh City tax official ...
Cambodian PM touts exemption for land bequests
The Cambodian government has announced its intention to scrap a 4 per cent fee levied on the transfer of property when the transfer is being made as an inheritance. According to a letter signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen and posted on his Facebook page on ...
Immigration grants new visa types
Entry into Myanmar by foreign visitors, including businesspeople, tourists and students, will get easier starting on 11 January. The Ministry of Immigration is now offering six new types of entry visa and three types of re-entry visa to international visitors effective 11 January. Keep reading ...
