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Thailand: Thailand prepares for blockchain

Blockchain technology is headed for widespread adoption in Thailand within two years, necessitating legal amendments to support its use, say academics and technology experts. Blockchain underlies Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The blockchain format is a decentralised ledger system that requires “decentralised approval” from the nodes and participants in the system, as opposed to the current […]

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Philippines: Govt explores hybrid financing for infra – DoF

On top of its intensified revenue collection and investment promotion efforts, the government is exploring hybrid-financing arrangements that will combine development aid and loans to fund its big-ticket infrastructure projects while keeping down borrowing costs, the Department of Finance (DoF) said. In a statement over the weekend, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said hybrid financing […]

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Cambodia: Cambodia to host LDC roundtable

Cambodia is set to host a meeting in Siem Reap to help coordinate the trade interests of 48 least-developed countries (LDCs), said the Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak on Thursday.  “The members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) were confident in us and chose Cambodia, at the recently concluded WTO annual meeting, to coordinate the […]

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ASEAN: Asean trends, opportunities heard in Lao forum

MORE THAN 100 entrepreneurs from Laos and European and regional countries met this week to debate trends and opportunities in the Asean market at the “Vientiane Economic Forum”. The forum was co-chaired by Laotian Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Somchith Inthamith, the vice president of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thanongsinh […]

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