mm01
Read More

China-Myanmar trade slows to a trickle

The coronavirus outbreak in China has caused trade between Myanmar and its neighbor to slow to a trickle, trade officials say. The clearest example of this is the plunge in the volume of watermelons from Myanmar that are crossing the border to the east. “About 600 truckloads of Myanmar’s watermelons used to cross the border […]

Read More
vn01
Read More

Vietnam’s new consumer finance curbs to challenge business models: Fitch

The Hanoitimes – Fitch Ratings believes larger, more established finance companies are better-placed to meet the new requirements while newer, smaller companies that concentrate on cash loans may find it harder to shift their business models. Vietnam’s new regulatory limits on unsecured consumer-finance personal loans will pressure the business models of more-exposed companies over the next […]

Read More
th02
Read More

Tesco asks Thai tycoons for next-round bids for Asia unit

BANGKOK: Britain’s largest supermarket chain Tesco Plc is inviting Thai tycoons to the second round of bidding for its operations in Thailand and Malaysia that could fetch more than US$7bil (RM28.85bil), according to sources. Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont’s Charoen Pokphand Group and Central Group, controlled by the Chirathivat family, were picked to proceed with deadline […]

Read More
cam01
Read More

Cambodia: Masterplan for Preah Sihanouk province

Preah Sihanouk province will soon become a multi-purpose special economic zone and potentially the industrial hub of Cambodia, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Speaking at the Public Forum on Macroeconomic Management and Budget Law 2020, Vongsey Vissoth, permanent secretary of state of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, […]

Read More