MANILA -- The Philippines' gross international reserves (GIR) settled at 112.43 billion U.S. dollars at the end of October from 112.71 billion dollars at the end of September, the Philippine central bank said Thursday.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the latest GIR level represents a more than adequate external liquidity buffer equivalent to 8.1 months' worth of imports of goods and payments of services and primary income. (Philippines-BSP-International Reserves)

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JAKARTA -- Mount Lewotobi in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province erupted again on Thursday, spewing a column of ash up to 5,000 meters high and prompting the highest aviation alert, the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center reported.

The eruption occurred at 10:48 a.m. local time, with ash dispersing to the west, southwest, and north of the crater. (Indonesia-Volcano-Flight Alert)

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ISLAMABAD -- Foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have increased by 18 million U.S. dollars, the central bank said in a statement on Thursday.

During the week ending on Nov. 1, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank reached about 11.2 billion dollars, the bank said. (Pakistan-Foreign Reserve)

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HANOI -- Vietnam attracted 27.26 billion U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 1.9 percent, the country's General Statistics Office has reported.

Specifically, Vietnam licensed 2,743 new FDI projects with a total registered capital of 15.23 billion dollars, up 1.4 percent year on year in terms of the number of projects and down 2.5 percent in terms of registered capital. (Vietnam-FDI) Enditem

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