Exports rose for the third straight month in January, prompting the government to raise its export target to more than 3.5% growth this year. Authorities have also pledged to try their best to encourage export growth of 5%, as demanded by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. The Commerce Ministry yesterday reported exports rose 8.8% year-on-year […]
Read MoreTOT Plc will completely take over all operations of both provincial and Bangkok fixed-line telephone services from October this year with the expiry of the TT&T and True Corporation concessions. The state telecom enterprise, however, has already started controlling operations of the provincial fixed-line phone services, taking over from its concessionaire TT&T after the Central […]
Read MoreSA KAEO – Cambodian merchants dumped hundreds of kilogrammes of fish on the Thai-Cambodian Friendship bridge on Thursday, closing it to traffic, in a protest against a huge increase in import duty by Thai authorities. About 100 fish vendors and workers piled more than 400kg of pla chon (snakehead fish) on the road in the centre […]
Read MoreA special economic zone (SEZ) in Poipet City has decided to import electricity from Thailand to ensure a reliable power supply as it expects the influx of more factories and investment. Poipet PPSEZ Co Ltd reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thailand-based B.Grimm Power Plc to build power transmission lines from Thailand to the […]
Read MorePlans for special SIM cards for tourists have finally been scrapped by the national telecom regulator after facing strong opposition from the government, which says the idea would do more harm than good. The plan also drew heavy criticism at the first public hearing from participants who said it could lead to a potential threat […]
Read MorePoipet PPSEZ Co Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Phnom Penh SEZ Plc and operator of the soon to be completed Poipet Special Economic Zone (Poipet PPSEZ), signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with a leading Thai energy provider to supply power to the 66-hectare industrial park. The agreement signed with B Grimm Power Pcl, a […]
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