Hanoi (VNA) – Senior economic officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) gathered in Hanoi on January 12 for their 18th meeting hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). This was an important meeting of the CLMV economic cooperation mechanism within the economic cooperation channel of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2020. The […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy is expected to do better in 2020 as the manufacturing sector’s purchasing managers index for December 2019 rose to a 15-month high, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said. The PMI rose 0.5 to 50.0 points in December 2019, the highest reading in 15 months, Lim said. This came after the November […]
Read MoreThe authorities have reduced paperwork and introduced online document submission to help migrant workers and their employers beat the March 31 deadline for renewing work permits. More than 1.6 million migrant workers who hold pink cards, which are identification documents issued to migrants upon their employment registration, will need to renew their work permits before […]
Read MoreThe Prime Minister’s Office plans to upgrade the Daktaok local border crossing in Dakcheung district, Xekong province, to an international level crossing on the Vietnamese border. Lao and Vietnamese officials are currently discussing the date when this change will take place. If the status is elevated as planned, Daktaok will become Xekong’s first international border […]
Read MoreReal estate, one of the Kingdom’ economic backbones in terms of economic growth, is predicted to continue to be healthy this year and one of the few sectors that business insiders consider to be a good trend for investors. James Hodge, CBRE Cambodia director, said the market shows signs of resiliency this year despite some […]
Read MoreCharoen Pokphand has acknowledged considering the possibility of acquiring a controlling stake in Tesco Plc’s Asia business, an operation the group sold almost two decades ago. Any deal would depend on the results of a feasibility study that CP Group is conducting of the purchase, and no concrete decision has been made yet, according to […]
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