From tackling illegal border trade to constructing Kyaukphyu SEZ, the to-do list for Belt and Road in Myanmar is very long. THE Myanmar government is urged to take a proactive role and form a taskforce to carve out its involvement in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). An adviser to the National League for Democracy-led […]
Read MoreThe Revenue Department hopes to collect revenue of 1.926 trillion baht in the 2018 fiscal year which starts on Oct 1, up about 7% on 2017. Director-general Prasong Poontaneat said revenue in fiscal 2017 was likely to meet the target, supported by the economic recovery. In the first 10 months of fiscal 2017 (October […]
Read MoreSingapore was the second-biggest Asian investor in offshore real estate in the first half, according to consultancy CBRE. Institutional investors, property and private equity firms here ploughed US$6.8 billion (S$9.2 billion) into global real estate in the six months to June 30, up 20 per cent from the US$5.6 billion invested in the same period […]
Read MoreLaos has become the latest country in Southeast Asia to promote e-commerce for its large small- and medium business sector. An online trade website called Plasosme focusing on Lao goods is now fully operational to act as a trade platform for online and offline businesses and also provide investment opportunities in the sector. The website was created through a […]
Read MoreThe joint cabinet meeting between Cambodia and Thailand next month will exclude discussions on the Phnom Penh-Bangkok rail link, leaving the exact date of its launch in limbo. “I don’t think the Cambodia-Thailand railway will be on the agenda because there is still a stretch of rail track under contention and border talks to agree […]
Read MoreWan Hai Ship Line Ltd., a Taiwan-based container shipping company, will add Sihanoukville Port to its shipping route next month. According to the company, from September 21 Wan Hai’s shipping route would start from Shekou in China, to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Laem Chabang in Thailand, and then on to Sihanoukville in Cambodia before returning […]
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