China has agreed to import 400,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar via sea, increasing its import quota for Myanmar rice from 100,000 tonnes currently, U Khin Maung Lwin, assistant secretary from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), told The Myanmar Times. “Rice can be shipped to China soon,” he said. The development comes after the two countries […]
Read MoreBANGKOK: Thailand‘s government said it is “making progress” with the much-delayed high-speed Thai-Chinese rail line that is to link Thailand, Laos and China, as the three countries prepared to ink another agreement this week at Beijing’s Belt and Road summit. Formal talks on the project – a rail line expected to stretch 873 km (542 miles) – began in […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur is likely to become a smart city by next year as Alibaba Cloud’s “Malaysia City Brain” pilot project is completed. The initiative will use Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence programme as well as big data analytics to produce real-time traffic predictions using video and image recognition technologies to combat traffic congestion in […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest inflation rate among the other states in the country in March at 0.9% from a year ago, compared with the national average of 0.2%. The Statistics Department said on Wednesday the higher inflation recorded in Kuala Lumpur was due to a 4.2% increase in food and non-alcoholic beverages […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam has the largest FTA utilization rate in the Indian market at 72%, Chile and South Korea came second and third at 67% and 60%. Vietnam’s exports benefiting from utilizing preferential treatments in free trade agreements (FTAs) in 2018 stood at US$46.2 billion, accounting for 39% of total exports to markets signing FTAs […]
Read MoreFour projects worth Bt650 billion at the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) are going on the process of open bidding, deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak said after a meeting of the EEC board yesterday. The four include the high-speed rail project to link the three international airports (Suvarnbhumi, Don Muang, and Tapao); Aviation city, and Maptaphut […]
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