HANOI: Vietnamese shares yesterday rose slightly on both local markets as energy stocks benefited from higher oil prices. The benchmark VN...

ABUJA: The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘C’, of Nigeria Customs Service, Owerri, has arrested 23 suspects in connection with...

SHANGHAI: Customs staff in Shanghai have seized more than 80,000 pieces of smuggled mink fur and detained 13 suspects. The fur...

HANOI: Viet Nam's initial public offering (IPO) activity has been less than exciting in 2015 and that has been attributed...

RABAT: Morocco is cutting the customs duty on imports of soft wheat to 30 percent from 50 percent to ensure...

HANOI: The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) yesterday targeted credit growth between 18 per cent and 20 per cent...

HANOI: Businesses under the industry and trade ministry have not attracted foreign strategic investors during their privatisation, the ministry's board...

NAIROBI: Kenyan insurer British American Investments (Britam) has said its profit this year would be lower than in 2014 due...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa government gazette notice released by the Department of Energy on December 21 has confirmed Cabinet’s decision to...

MOSCOW: Russian grain exporters have resumed deals with Turkish buyers after a short break caused by a deterioration in relations...

BEIJING: November saw exports to China increase by a huge 17 percent to $803 million from the same month last...

MOSCOW: Russia’s oil exports are expected to grow by 7.5 percent to 238 million metric tons (tonnes) in 2015, the...

JAKARTA: Indonesia's refined tin exports are expected to decline by as much as 28 percent to 65,000-70,000 tonnes this year...

TOKYO: Plywood suppliers in three countries, China, Malaysia and Indonesia account for almost all Japan’s plywood imports. The volume of...

MOSCOW: Russia’s oil exports are expected to grow by 7.5 percent to 238 million metric tons (tonnes) in 2015, the...

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Bank of China President Guoli Tian today signed a cooperation agreement in China...

TAIPEI: The nation’s benchmark 10-year sovereign bond yield fell below 1 percent for the first time ever after the government...

COLOMBO: The Vehicle Importers Association of Lanka (VIAL) today welcomed President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to withdraw the 2016-budget proposal to...

LONDON: Global demand for Opec crude will reach 30.70 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, lower than 30.90 million...

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 345.80 points, or 3.49 percent, during the past week when the bourse closed yesterday at...