The long-delayed Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project is still moving at a glacial pace, with new development unlikely to take shape until the tripartite meeting among Thailand, Myanmar and Japan in April. Porametee Vimolsiri, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), said the development of the first phase of the Dawei project has […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Foreign firms invested US$3.5 million in 514 agricultural projects until February 2018, accounting for only some 1 percent of the sector’s total investment capital, reports from the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) showed. According to the ministry, the foreign direct investment (FDI) capital to the agricultural sector represented only 0.5 percent and […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s GDP growth is forecast to hit 7.2 percent during the first six months of 2018 under the National Planning Law, which was signed and approved by President U Htin Kyaw on March 8 and announced Monday. That is up from GDP growth of 6.2pc in the first six months of 2017. As such, achieving […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian economic minister told the United Nations’ human rights envoy earlier this week that the kingdom now enjoys greater levels of financial freedom as a result of the expansion of its gross domestic product (GDP) and enhanced revenue collection. During a meeting in the Ministry of Economy and Finance on Tuesday, Minister Aun Pornmoniroth […]
Read MoreTHE GOVERNMENT will build more roads and rail lines linking neighbouring countries with Thailand in the Mekong sub-region in order to ease traffic congestions at major border points, said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisit. Delivering his keynote speech at the seminar on “ The GMS 25th Anniversary : Achievement, Lessons Learned, and the Way Forward” hosted […]
Read MoreInvestments in the country’s manufacturing sector surged by 244 percent to $1.15 billion last year from $334 million in 2016, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Wednesday. “The figures account for 35 percent of the $ 3.3-billion equity capital placements in 2017,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said in a statement. The Bangko […]
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