PHNOM PENH – Settlement of compensation claims for 50 families living alongside a kilometre of rail track in the border town of Poipet threatens to delay the opening of a new rail service between Cambodia and Thailand. Ly Borin, under-secretary of state at the Transport Ministry and director of Cambodia’s Railway Restoration Project, said officials […]
Read MoreThe country’s import of vegetables and fruits saw strong growth in the first two months of 2017, especially from Thailand and China. Vietnam spent US$164 million on the import of vegetables and fruits in the first two months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 54.7 per cent, the General Department of Customs said. Most […]
Read MoreThere is no country other than Myanmar where foreign investors can come and invest, where the democratic transition is relatively smooth and where an economy opens up to the world at the same time, said one of the local tycoons at the Bloomberg Invest Myanmar summit held on March 9 in Yangon. U Zaw Zaw, […]
Read MoreThai property developer Sansiri, which has a partnership with its home country’s mass transit operator BTS group, is making a big push to go international, starting with Singapore. The developer opened its first international office at Ocean Financial Centre this week, and plans to open several more in China as it seeks to increase sales […]
Read MoreA budget allocation of $203,400,000 for the Ministry of Development for financial year 2017-2018 has been approved during the Legislative Council meeting which entered its 7th day, which also saw the approval of the Ministry of Religious Affairs’ budget. Earlier, Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Bahrin bin Abdullah, the Minister of Development in […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The number of unemployed Filipinos swelled in January after typhoons during the tailend of 2016 caused many farm workers to lose jobs, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said yesterday. The January 2017 Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed the nationwide unemployment rate rose to 6.6 percent […]
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