BLUESG, the nation-wide electric vehicle (EV) car-sharing programme, kicks off in December with 80 cars and 30 charging stations with a total of 120 charging points. Of the 30 charging locations, 18 will be in public housing estates and 10 in the city centre and its fringes, while the remaining two stations will be in […]
Read MoreTHE free trade agreement (FTA) between ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand makes Myanmar products more competitive in the two biggest markets in Oceania, according to trade commissioners from Australia and New Zealand. There is a huge potential for trade to grow in the agriculture sector, as all three countries are rich in farms and fisheries. […]
Read MoreHANOI — A total of 8,600 new enterprises with total registered capital of nearly VND80.5 trillion (US$3.54 billion) were established in September, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The registered capital dropped 39 per cent compared with the previous month, while the number of newly established enterprises declined by 31 per cent. The ministry said the […]
Read MoreThe Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors will deliver US$421 million in assistance through 2020 to Laos to support a new 4-year country partnership strategy. The new partnership strategy will help Laos achieve more inclusive and sustainable economic growth by diversifying its economy, increasing trade with its neighbours, and boosting private investment in small- […]
Read MoreTHE ASIAN Development Bank has urged Asian governments to |tap into private funds to finance huge infrastructure projects in |their countries, adding that the effectiveness of the new public-private partnership (PPP) law in Thailand hinges on how it is implemented. Public-private partnership has the potential to fill the infrastructure gap as institutional investors have large […]
Read MoreThe government spent far less than half of its approved $5 billion budget for expenditures in 2017 during the first six months of the year, according to a new report by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). The report, released on Monday, showed the government spent $1.38 billion of its national budget during the […]
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