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Thai vending machines for Cambodia

A local firm is to partner with a Thai manufacturer to bring the latest self-service vending machines to Cambodia as part of a franchise deal. Khmer Klean will work with Thai firm Pudcha to introduce the convenience machines across Phnom Penh initially and later throughout the country, the Khmer Times reported on Monday. Rozet El, board director […]

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Asean labour ministers back Thailand’s new migrant law

Labour Minister Sirichai Distakul joined Asean ministers to sign the CLMVT (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand) Joint Declaration on Safe Migration to strengthen regional efforts to end decades of illegal labour in five Southeast Asian nations.  The pact formed at last week’s ministerial meeting on labour affairs in Da Nang, Vietnam, affirms Thailand’s neighbouring nations’ […]

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Brunei: Trade balance stands at BND425.5 million in May 2017

TOTAL Trade increased by 23.3 per cent year-on-year to BND1,112.9 million; consisting of exports (BND769.2 million) and imports (BND343.7 million), compared to BND902.6 million in May 2016. Trade balance increased by 55.2 per cent year-on-year to BND425.5 million from BND274.2 million in May 2016. Exports for May 2017 increased by 30.7 per cent year-on-year from […]

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Singapore Q2 GDP to be released on Aug 11, 8am

DETAILED data on Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter will be released at 8am on Aug 11, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry. It will include information and data on the overall GDP performance of the economy, sectoral performance, sources of growth, inflation, employment and productivity in the second quarter of […]

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More Vietnamese use mobile devices for travel purchases

HCM CITY — While only 7 per cent of online travel sales in Vietnam were made on mobile devices last year, the number grew rapidly at a 58.1 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the 2013-16 period, presenting a major growth opportunity, according to a Euromonitor International study. Euromonitor, a provider of strategic market research, surveyed a sample of […]

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Thai economy seen growing 3.5-3.6% this year: Finance Ministry

BANGKOK] Thailand’s economy is expected to grow 3.5-3.6 per cent this year, driven by investment in infrastructure projects, the finance minister said on Friday. Government projects will also help attract private investment, Apisak Tantivorawong said at a business event. Growth in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, which clocked at 3.2 per cent in 2016, still lags […]

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