Southeast Asia has become a hot spot for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, which has led to stepped-up international efforts to strengthen national and regional pandemic preparedness capacity. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors are driving the emergence of more disease outbreaks in the region, according to a report by the World Bank and its partners. These include […]
Read MoreBRED Bank (Cambodia) Plc., a subsidiary of the well-established French bank BRED Banque Populaire, recently celebrated its first year anniversary in the kingdom. Khmer Times’ Sok Chan sits down with Guillaume Perdon, CEO, and Sopha Min, deputy CEO, to discuss the bank’s achievements and goals. KT: What have been the biggest achievements for your institution […]
Read MoreGreater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries reached an agreement last week on the implementation of the cross-border transport facilitation agreement (CBTA), which, starting June 1, will enable the issuance of regional road transport permits and temporary admission documents for commercial vehicles. Transport ministers from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and China signed on Thursday a memorandum […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Dutch financial giant ING Bank now expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to keep interest rates unchanged this year as inflation is seen easing within the two to four percent target in 2019. Prakash Sakpal, economist for Asia at ING, said the Philippine central bank is seen defying tightening anew during […]
Read MoreInvestments into mega trends can put Malaysia on a stronger footing THE Malaysian startup ecosystem has been taking shape in recent years. Government agencies have been set up to build and support the ecosystem, funds have been allocated to help startups get off the ground and entrepreneurs are increasingly more bold to start their own […]
Read MoreIndonesian banks will see “more than 12%” loan growth in 2018 thanks to a recovering global economy and a pick-up in commodity prices, the country’s financial regulator said. Wimboh Santoso, head of Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK), said he was confident the sluggish bank lending that has hobbled South-East Asia’s biggest economy was coming to […]
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