The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) officially announced that the ShweYee Htun-2 appraisal well at offshore block A-6 near Rakhine State is able to produce natural gas for commercial purposes. However, U Win Khine, Union Minister of the MOEE, did not provide a timeframe on when the profit sharing contract (PSC) for development of […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – A new generation of European investors, including those from Francophone countries, will enter Vietnam when the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is approved. Director of the Organization of La Francophonie’s Asia-Pacific office Eric-Normand Thibeault made the forecast at the first Asia Pacific economic forum for businesses of the Francophone held in Hanoi recently. […]
Read MoreFollowing a visit of ambassadors from the region to local silk farms, Asean nations are mulling over the possibility of turning a very successful sericulture programme in the Kingdom into a regional initiative with the participation of universities across Southeast Asia. The envisioned Asean-wide silk programme would be based on the exchange and promotion of […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will take cautious steps to prevent product dumping in the local market created by the diversion from the trade wars, International Trade and Industry Minister Darell Leiking said. He said the ministry was aware of the possibility of import product dumping in the local market as global traders seek to elude the […]
Read MoreThai exporters used tax incentives from the free trade agreement (FTA) and generalised system preference or GSP worth US$42.7 billion (Bt1.38 trillion) in the first seven months of this year – up 18.95 per cent from the same period of this year, Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade of the Commerce Ministry […]
Read MoreMANILA (REUTERS) – Developing Asia could grow more slowly than previously thought next year as the US-China trade war inflicts collateral damage on the region’s export-reliant economies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday (Sept 26). Tightening global liquidity could also weigh on business activity by pushing up borrowing costs, while capital outflows are also a […]
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