Photo credit: Vietnam News Agency TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND, VIETNAM International rice prices rise as droughts affect rice production in Thailand and Vietnam (31 March 2020) International rice prices have surged
Economy, Investment and Trade Indonesian palm oil exports to China halved in January 2020 (30 March 2020) Indonesia’s palm oil export volume to China fell by 381,000 tonnes, or 57.0% in January
Photo credit: Eleven Media/Asia News Network TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM Myanmar and Laos records first COVID-19 cases (24 March 2020) Myanmar has recorded its two first cases of COVID-19 infections as
Economy, Investment and Trade Thailand’s condominium sector expected to face 10-year low due to shortage of Chinese buyers (24 March 2020) Condominium sales in Thailand are expected to be below 35% in
Photo credit: Petrotimes/VN TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thailand’s economic growth to weaken to 1.0% in 2020 (19 March 2020) International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has forecasted that Thailand’s economic growth
Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysia begins two-week isolation to curb COVID-19 (18 March 2020) Malaysia begins its two-week partial lockdown on 18 March after COVID-19 infections in the country made it the
Photo credit: Petrotimes/VN TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM Vietnam to put in place trade defence early warning system by 2025 (9 March 2020) Vietnam intends to develop an early warning system for
Economy, Investment and Trade China to ship raw materials for Cambodian garment and footwear factories (10 March 2020) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that China has arranged to ship raw materials
Photo credit: Channel News Asia TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thai government offers tax waiver on cash-back scheme “Eat, Shop, Spend” stimulus package (4 March 2020) The Thai government agreed to waive
Economy, Investment and Trade Indonesian tourism sector starts to feel the effects of COVID-19 (2 March 2020) Tourist arrivals to Indonesia in January 2020 totalled 1.27 million, which is around 5.85% higher