KUALA LUMPUR: Disaster management bodies in the Philippines and Indonesia will be among those to be used as a ‘benchmark’ for the restructuring of the country’s National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA), said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Mastura Mohd Yazid (pix). She said the reason being that measures to strengthen […]
Read MoreThe baht opened at 33.52 to the US dollar on Wednesday, unchanged from Tuesday’s closing rate. Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool predicted the Thai currency would move between 33.45 and 33.65 during the day. Poon said investors were awaiting the results of a key US Federal Reserve meeting, so the baht might swing sideways […]
Read MoreHANOI: Vietnam plans to diversify the sources of materials needed to supply the country’s manufacturing sector due to tighter Covid-19 curbs in China, Industry and Trade Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said during a parliament meeting on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian country’s industrial production is heavily reliant on Chinese materials and equipment and its giant neighbour […]
Read MoreThe Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement could provide a “vital impetus” to drive the Cambodian economy to exit Least Developed Country (LDC) status by 2028, according to the commerce minister on March 14. Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak made the comment at a workshop titled “RCEP: Implications, Challenges and Future Growth of East Asia […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The value of the country’s agricultural trade further grew in the fourth quarter of 2021 by 24.9 percent to $5.98 billion on the back of double-digit increases in imports and exports, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The fourth quarter figure is higher than the 15.8 percent growth registered in the […]
Read MoreA global energy crunch is sending liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices skywards, but Thailand needs to ramp up its purchases to offset a steep production fall at its largest gas field and as sanctions threaten supplies from Myanmar. The Southeast Asian country has little choice but join the scramble for alternative gas supplies at a […]
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