Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Ambassador of Thailand to India, reflects on the first 50 years of Asean and the challenges of the future in a conversation with MK Aftab of Diplomatist magazine As one of the founding members of Asean, Thailand has played an important role in the first 50 years of its journey. What is your […]
Read MoreLabour Minister Sirichai Distakul joined Asean ministers to sign the CLMVT (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand) Joint Declaration on Safe Migration to strengthen regional efforts to end decades of illegal labour in five Southeast Asian nations. The pact formed at last week’s ministerial meeting on labour affairs in Da Nang, Vietnam, affirms Thailand’s neighbouring nations’ […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Six companies from Southeast Asia will likely supply the 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice as part of the planned government to private sector (G2P) importation scheme to boost the country’s dwindling buffer stock. During the bidding conducted yesterday, state-run National Food Authority (NFA) announced that four companies from Vietnam, one from […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Six companies from Southeast Asia will likely supply the 250,000 metric tons (MT) of rice as part of the planned government to private sector (G2P) importation scheme to boost the country’s dwindling buffer stock. During the bidding conducted yesterday, state-run National Food Authority (NFA) announced that four companies from Vietnam, one from […]
Read MoreHANOI — ASEAN governments should do more to make their tobacco tax policies more effective, not only for health reasons but also for the budget generation. This was the recommendation under the tobacco tax index issued by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA). The index was released during a regional workshop on strengthening tobacco […]
Read MoreEconomic growth prospects in developing Asia for 2017 have improved on the back of stronger-than-expected export demand in the first quarter of this year, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. In a supplement to its Asian Development Outlook 2017 report, ADB upgraded its growth outlook in the region from 5.7 per cent to […]
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