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The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association has sought cuts in excise tax and registration fees for hybrid electric vehicles. This would stimulate demand and encourage businesses to invest in power generation and charging systems, it said. Incentives for electric and hybrid vehicles should gradually decrease, and there would be no need …

The Thai government has increased the period of visa-free stay for tourists from over 50 countries including Vietnam from 30 days to 45. The extension, to take effect from October, is part of the government’s efforts to boost economic recovery post-pandemic as it eyes 8-10 million foreign arrivals this year, …

The small factories in the western Japanese city of Higashiosaka for decades fueled the thundering rise of the country’s biggest brands – but a weak yen and rising costs have accelerated a slow decline, and are reshaping the industrial heartland. Home to about 6,000 firms, 87% of which have fewer …