AMSTERDAM/WAM Dutch inflation eased for the first time in four months in August, though marginally, the preliminary estimate from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday. Consumer prices logged an annual increase of 3.6 percent in August, following July’s 1-year high of 3.7 percent, dpa reported. Inflation based on the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) also moderated to …

TOKYO/WAM Japan’s industrial output in July grew 2.8 percent from the previous month as production of semiconductor equipment and electrical devices was boosted by overseas and data centre demand, government data showed on Friday. Japanese news agency Kyodo News reported that the seasonally adjusted index of production at factories and mines was 102.8 against the 2020 base of 100, according …

HANOI/WAM Vietnam plans to strengthen the existing Law on Advertising with a key focus on social media marketing, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported on Friday. The draft law proposing amendments and supplements to several provisions of the Law on Advertising will be up for discussion at the next session of the National Assembly. Proposals to tighten control, which have sparked …