US-based Uber officially launched its ride-sharing service in Cambodia yesterday, making good on its expansion plans in Asia. According to Uber, Cambodia is the first country in Asia to implement a dedicated ride-sharing framework even before the company’s services were launched. Cambodia is now the 78th country in the world where Uber is available. Uber’s […]
Read MoreTHE country may soon face a land conflict epidemic as a result of the growing influx of investments and the subsequent demand for land, unless the laws and policies that adequately address land-rights issues are urgently adopted and implemented, warned the Paris-headquartered International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in a report released on September 27. […]
Read MoreThe Philippines and Singapore have agreed to partner on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and electric vehicle initiatives, a senior Energy department official said. Phillippine Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran have assigned point persons to collaborate and coordinate for further exchanges, Energy Undersecretary Felix Fuentebella said in a […]
Read MoreSET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, Thailand’s largest industrial estate operator, said it is in talks to sell developed land to Saab Automobile AB, a Swedish maker of automobiles and fighter jets, to build a maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) hub in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Chief executive Viboon Kromadit said Saab had expressed its interest […]
Read MoreRe: “Laos prevails in Hongsa power plant court case”, Vientiane Times/The Nation, September 18, The Lao Ministry of Planning and Investments presents a completely false picture of the facts and legal status of the arbitration, according to the claimant, Thai-Lao Lignite Company Limited (TLL), a company of Thailand’s Nganthavee Group. Thai-Lao Lignite discovered the lignite […]
Read MoreUSAID Cambodia officially launched its Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II project yesterday, a five-year initiative that aims to promote commercial horticulture in four Cambodian provinces and help smallholder farmers gain access to markets, reducing the country’s high dependence on imported fruits and vegetables. The $17 million US-government funded project will use a buyer-led approach […]
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