2019 q1 gdp growth

Noticeably, enterprises faced many difficulties in the first quarter of this year because of direct impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of enterprises temporarily halted operations rose to 18,600 enterprises, an increase of 26 percent compared to the same period last year. However, the result of surveys on the business tendency of processing and manufacturing enterprises showed that they expected the disease would be controlled soon so the business and production situation was forecast to be more optimistic in the second quarter than in the first quarter of this year. In the first three months of this year, there were 29,700 newly-established enterprises across the country with total registered capital at VND351.4 trillion and total registered labor of 243,700 workers. Therefore, in comparison with the same period last year, the number of newly-established enterprises increased by 4.4 percent in volume, decreased by 6.4 percent in the value of registered capital, and … [Read more...] about GDP increases 3.82 percent, CPI jumps 5.56 percent in Q1

The prime minister also discussed other measures to ensure economic and social stability amid the coronavirus outbreak, including helping businesses restructure production, providing sufficient necessities for the people, effectively controlling the inflation rate, and preventing trade fraud and speculation.  … [Read more...] about PM urges disbursement of public capital to fuel growth

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Media OutReach - 28 March 2020 - MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd "(MSIG Malaysia)", is urgently channelling RM170,000 to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) in buying additional medical equipment and supplies for the hospitals especially  healthcare front liners, helping ensure they are protected during the COVID-19 outbreak. … [Read more...] about MSIG Channels RM170,000 to Ministry Of Health For Medical Equipment and Supplies For Hospitals and Healthcare Front Liners

This month, seven out of 11 groups of consumer goods and services in the basket of items used to calculate the CPI have seen a drop in prices, with the group of transportation taking the lead, recording a fall of 4.87%, which was impacted by the decrease in prices of local fuel products and public transport services. … [Read more...] about Pandemic sends CPI down in March

Nearly 21% of them said their business performance in the first quarter of this year has been better than the same period last year, while over 37% said their business performance has stayed the same, and 42% said they have faced many difficulties. … [Read more...] about Business closures rise due to Covid-19