When the Department of Disease Control announced on New Year’s Eve that Thailand would no longer impose Covid-19 screening measures on Chinese visitors, the move quickly stirred a heated public debate. Thailand and China have built close diplomatic relations over a half-century, while significant spending of 531 billion baht from more than 10 million Chinese visitors in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines imported 16.4 percent more meat and meat products last year, driven mainly by higher pork shipments, according to the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI). The BAI data showed the country imported 1.36 billion kilos of meat and meat products last year compared to the previous year’s 1.17 billion kilos. Pork […]
Read MoreWith the launch of a new electricity transmission line by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic up to Cambodia, the energy trade, cooperation, and relations between the two Southeast Asian neighbours are set to get a power boost. The new 500-kilovolt (KV) transmission line links a power substation at a village in the southern Champasak province […]
Read MoreDomestic fuel prices in Myanmar were stable last week at around 2,100 kyat per liter and now it is learned that they fell slightly to below 2,000 kyat on 5 January. The fuel price fell by about 100 kyat per litre as per the reference price set by the Fuel Import, Storage and Distribution Supervisory […]
Read MoreWith Laos trending as a travel destination over the past several months and China reopening its borders on Sunday, is the country prepared for an influx of tourists or has it been caught unawares? Chinese tourists made up twenty percent of the five million international visitors that came to Laos in 2019. Last year, after Laos reopened its […]
Read MoreKey Asean economies will be among the few globally to show impressive growth this year, as the world economy slips into slower growth or a recession, according to a recently published report by one of the largest banks in Southeast Asia – Singapore-headquartered United Overseas Bank (UOB). “Fundamental factors are supportive of [key] Asean economies […]
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