In a bid to streamline border operations and facilitate smoother trade of agricultural goods, particularly durian exports, Vietnam’s Department of Customs has instructed its local sub-departments to hasten customs clearance processes at border checkpoints.…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has requested China’s Guangxi region to reopen its border gates with Vietnam and extend customs clearance hours to resolve the container congestion. Guangxi’s “zero Covid” measures, including shutting the border and…
Authorities from Hong Kong and China are reportedly nearing a final decision on travel resumption, despite a fresh outbreak on the mainland. A second meeting is expected soon between Hong Kong and mainland China authorities to make a final decision on travel…
China has reopened one of its border gates in Guangxi with Vietnam after closing it for several days due to Covid-19 fears. Trade resumed Wednesday at Tan Thanh Border Gate in the northern province of Lang Son after customs officials of both countries agreed…
Singapore’s first multi-currency mobile wallet with a prepaid Mastercard announced that it has secured a Principal Licence from Mastercard and will assume the primary role of the issuer and stored value facility holder of YouTrip accounts. The principal…
SWIFT announces today the availability of its new cross-border payments Tracker that enables international payments to be traced in real-time. The Tracker is the cornerstone of SWIFT gpi – the cooperative’s new payments innovation service – which is…