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Myanmar, Laos to increase cooperation

State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and visiting Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith attended a bilateral meeting between the two countries at the Presidential Palace in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday, state media reported on 16 […]

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Laos to sell electricity to Myanmar: official

VIENTIANE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Laos and Myanmar are mulling an electricity agreement to empower Laos’ development needs, local daily Vientiane Times quoted a senior Lao official as saying on Tuesday. Office Head of the Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines, Daovong Phonekeo, told Vientiane Times that the two sides will sign a Memorandum of […]

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Cambodia to reduce foreign debt

The government plans to reduce its foreign debt and raise capital through the issuance of bonds, a representative of the Ministry of Economy and Finance has unveiled. “Increasing local borrowing instead of foreign borrowing will improve the country’s trade balance and current account,” said Vong Seyvisoth, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy and […]

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Philippines stays out of US piracy list

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has managed to stay out of the US list of “notorious markets” for piracy and trademark counterfeiting for the sixth straight year. Results of the 2017 out-of-cycle eeview of notorious markets by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) showed the Philippines maintained its clean record of not hosting […]

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THAILAND GETS OFF PIRACY WATCH LIST

A US government watch list on shopping malls and markets known for selling pirated goods is free of a Thai name for the first time in a decade. The absence of a Thai entry in the 2017 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets list, announced by the US Trade Representative (USTR) last week, reflected the progress […]

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