The value of Myanmar’s bilateral trade with neighbouring country Thailand in maritime trade and border trade was estimated at US$18.865 billion in the past four financial years, the statistics issued by the Central Statistical Organization under the Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry indicated. The ministry reported that exports surpassed imports in trade with Thailand […]
Read MoreA ceremony was held this week to mark the opening of a new 500 kV transmission line connecting Laos and Cambodia in Champasack Province. According to a report by Electricite Du Laos, the 500 kV transmission line construction project was built for the export of electricity to Cambodia in accordance with an agreement between Electricite […]
Read MoreThailand will attend the signing of the long-awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at the 37th Asean Summit under the chairmanship of Vietnam next week. It will be the first-ever virtual signing of an agreement Asean has undertaken, a Foreign Ministry official said on Thursday. The bloc and its dialogue partners are scheduled to convene […]
Read MoreAFP – Indonesia’s virus-hit economy contracted in the third quarter, plunging it into its first recession since the archipelago was mired in the Asian financial crisis more than 20 years ago. Activity in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy slumped 3.49 percent on-year in July-September, the statistics agency said yesterday, with tourism, construction and trade among the hardest-hit […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may hold off any interest rate adjustments until next year as previous aggressive cuts to soften the impact of the pandemic have yet to be absorbed by the economy, economists said. ING Bank Manila senior economist Nicholas Mapa said the BSP is not likely to adjust […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) held a workshop on November 4 to discuss tools to protect businesses against trade defence lawsuits in export markets in the context of integration. Pham Chau Giang, Deputy Director General of the MoIT’s Trade Remedies Authority, said that Vietnamese firms have faced more than 200 lawsuits related to […]
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