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Cambodia: Ministry pledges rice support

After Cambodian rice exports declined dramatically in March, caused by what millers claimed was a stricter enforcement of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures by the Chinese government, the Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday that it would lobby on the sector’s behalf to allow more millers to be eligible for export. According to a Facebook post […]

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Philippines: BOI investments rise 25% in first 4 months

MANILA, Philippines – Investments approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) likely soared 25 percent in the first four months this year as investors continue to position for the “golden age” of infrastructure in the country. BOI managing head Ceferino Rodolfo said yesterday project approvals from January to April are tracking an increase of at […]

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Thailand: B280m to support Thailand 4.0 startups

Software Park Thailand, a government agency under the Science and Technology Ministry, has allocated a budget of 280 million baht to sponsor and support local startups this year. The move is part of the government’s attempts to drive the Thailand 4.0 economic model, said Chalermpol Tuchinda, director of Software Park Thailand. He said Software Park […]

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Vietnam: Wood exports surge 17.1% in Q1

HANOI — Vietnam’s exports of wood and wooden products in the first quarter of this year hit US$1.78 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.1 per cent, the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported. This was especially evident in exports to the US and Japan, Vietnam’s largest wood importers. In the first three months of 2017, […]

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Philippines: IMF sees tax overhaul boosting Philippine revenues

WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the proposed tax overhaul pending in Congress could boost the revenue and tax effort of the Philippines, raising additional funds to bankroll the plan of the national government to ramp up infrastructure spending. Vitor Gaspar, director at IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, told The STAR the Comprehensive Tax […]

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