[LUANG PRABANG, Laos] Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: South-east Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus. From Luang Prabang in northern Laos to Pattaya in Thailand, Hoi An in Vietnam and the Cambodian casino […]
Read MoreThailand will likely decide whether to join a revised 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact around April, Japan’s economy minister said on Monday. Yasutoshi Nishimura, a state minister in charge of the TPP, told reporters after talks with Thai Deputy Minister Somkid Jatusripitak that he hopes current member countries will make a decision to start […]
Read MoreCambodia, as well as Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, are being encouraged to improve their production chains to provide added value to their textile products exported to Japan. The call came at a Phnom Penh workshop for representatives from Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) on export potential from the four countries to Japan and the […]
Read MoreIN A sneak preview of what are going to be unveiled at the upcoming Budget to counter the adverse economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that there would be broad-based measures to support viable companies as well as help workers stay in their jobs. Among the slew of programmes […]
Read MoreThe government hopes to boost the country’s “doing business” ranking to 53rd place on the World Bank’s list this year in a bid to attract more investment into the country. The country expects to reach 60th place at the lowest this year and achieve 40th place within the next three to four years, Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Bahlil […]
Read MoreThailand’s food exports to China are likely to double in the second quarter, driven by a surge in demand after food stocks for the first quarter are depleted. Visit Limlurcha, vice-chairman of the Thai National Shippers’ Council and president of the Thai Food Processors Association, said that if the coronavirus epidemic can be kept under […]
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