The European Union will continue its enhanced engagement with Cambodia on the necessary reforms to restore its Everything but Arms (EBA) preferential access to the EU market, according to a statement. On Wednesday the EU announced its official decision to partially withdraw Cambodia’s duty-free quota-free access to the 27-nation bloc. However, the commission together with […]
Read MoreAfter years of regulations confining gold trade in Thailand to the baht, the US dollar will now be used. Two weeks ago the Bank of Thailand announced a policy to allow trading gold products in US dollars. Market participants say the central bank will consider dollar-denominated trade for foreign-related capital market products in the near […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE, Aug 13 — A ban on plastic bags is not a move that the government will make “in a hurry,” given that Singapore already incinerates its plastic waste and harvests energy from that process, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu. Therefore, unlike other countries that have banned plastic bags, the value […]
Read MoreVietnam’s e-commerce saw a 30 percent growth rate from 2016 to 2020, according to the Ministry of Investment and Planning. The country aims to have 55 percent of population shopping online by 2025. Vo Thi Thu, 71, in Long Bien district, Hanoi, recently experienced shopping online. With the assistance of her daughter, she ordered a […]
Read MoreA conference was held at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) head office in Phnom Penh as well as over video conference to discuss a new report conducted by the UN and the Institute for Manufacturing Educational Consultancy Services (IfM ECS) within the University of Cambridge.) The IfM is a division of the University of Cambridge’s […]
Read MoreThe Industry Ministry has ordered its agencies to take legal action against factories that break the law and put public health and the environment at risk. Kobchai Sungsitthisawad, the industry permanent secretary, said authorities will look into pollution complaints against companies accused of releasing untreated waste water, producing high dust emissions or failing to control […]
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