Laotians have spent less money on goods in Thailand after Vientiane imposed a 10% value-added tax late last year, a Lao customs official said on Thursday. Soutchai Inthavong, deputy chief of the customs international checkpoint at the Friendship Bridge, said the number of Laotians crossing the bridge to Thailand remained unchanged after the Lao government […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump’s executive order pulling the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has allayed Cambodia’s fears that it would lose its competitiveness in the garment industry, analysts said yesterday. “The potential threats to the Cambodian garment industry under the TPP will be abated as the US is the second-largest destination of garment […]
Read MoreSri Lanka has expressed interest in a formal arrangement to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar, according to Ministry of Commerce assistant secretary U Khin Maung Lwin. The Sri Lankan ambassador to Myanmar, KWND Karunaratne, made the offer on January 23 during a visit to the Union Minister for Commerce U Than Myint, the […]
Read MoreHANOI — The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2017 will take place from April 6-9 at the International Exhibition Centre in Hanoi, the Vietnam Tourism Association announced on Monday. Themed “Hanoi– Vietnamese tourism’s destination,” VITM 2017 is expected to feature 600 enterprises, tourism management and promotion agencies from 43 provinces and cities and 25 countries […]
Read MoreCambodia is seeking to expand its market for milled rice to Sweden and is looking for ways to cooperate further in trade and investment. Prime Minister Hun Sen, at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, yesterday asked his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven to consider rice imports from Cambodia and in particular to encourage investors from […]
Read MoreThe government says it will make low-cost consumer goods available via small retail outlets and at retail and wholesale shops by April. Deputy Commerce Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said the ministry has asked leading local manufacturers such as Saha Group, Unilever and ThaiBev to produce 20 items that are essential for daily use, including soap, toothpaste, […]
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