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The manufacturing sector in Malaysia receded further midway through the final quarter of the year with dwindling demand the main feature within the latest survey data.
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto had called for an improvement in the quality of products produced by micro, small and medium sized (MSMEs) through product standardisation.
According to the Vietnamese General Statistics Office (GSO), the disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) rose by 15.1% between January and November to around UD$19.68 billion, the highest 11-month figure in the last five years.