Photo credit: SPM TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT CAMBODIA, VIETNAM Cambodia-Vietnam trade likely to have exceeded US$5 billion mark (15 December 2019) Trade between Cambodia and Vietnam may have already exceeded US$5 billion,
Photo Credit: Shutterstock Economy, Investment and Trade Vietnamese fruit exports to China plunge 13.7% y-o-y (11 December 2019) The value of fruit exports from Vietnam to China recorded a 13.7% year-on-year fall
Photo credit: Cambodia Ministry of Tourism TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM, LAOS Vietnam remains Laos’ third-largest investor (9 December 2019) Vietnam remains Laos’ third biggest investor with investments totalling US$4.22 billion in
Photo Credit: New Straits Times Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysia-China trade expected to exceed US$100 billion this year (9 December 2019) Malaysia is optimistic about achieving US$100 billion again in bilateral trade
Photo credit: Cambodia Ministry of Tourism TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT CAMBODIA, LAOS Mekong countries agree to strengthen tourism cooperation (2 December 2019) Countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) inked an agreement
Photo Credit: The Nation Economy, Investment and Trade Thailand, Hong Kong sign five MoUs to boost economic cooperation (29 November 2019) Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak and Hong Kong chief executive
Photo credit: Yonhap TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT CAMBODIA, LAOS South Korea, Mekong nations to prioritise seven cooperation sectors (27 November 2019) The inaugural Mekong-Republic of Korea Summit held in Seoul concluded with
Photo Credit: Bloomberg Economy, Investment and Trade Malaysia’s Khazanah divests stake in Alibaba for US$526.3 million (25 November 2019) Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has divested a portion of its stake
Photo Credit: Khmer Times Economy, Investment and Trade Cambodia, Vietnam aim for US$5 billion 2020 trade target (22 July 2019) Cambodian foreign affairs minister Prak Sokhonn and Vietnamese foreign affairs vice minister
Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 25 November – 1 December 2019 edition. The World Bank Doing Business 2020 Report cited improvements in the ease of doing business in four ASEAN countries, with Singapore maintaining