Photo Credit: Yunnan Provincial Overseas Investment TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Laos and China to cooperate on low carbon emissions project (20 July 2020) Laos and China will cooperate on a climate change
Photo Credit: Indochina Pioneer TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thailand’s economic activity may not return to pre-COVID-19 levels until 2022 (14 July 2020) Thailand’s central bank, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) said
Photo Credit: Reuters TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Cambodia to sign FTA with China to boost agro exports (10 July 2020) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to be in Beijing on
Photo Credit: VN TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT VIETNAM Vietnam to increase rice exports to EU under EVFTA (8 July 2020) Vietnam’s rice quotas under the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) are expected
Photo Credit: Reuters TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Chinese-backed megacity project in Malaysia delayed due to COVID-19 (7 July 2020) The US$100 billion Forest City megacity project in Malaysia’s Johor state is expected
ASEAN Secretary-General: ASEAN remains committed to multilateral cooperation and recognises the critical role of the private sector in the bloc’s COVID-19 economic recovery plan From top: H.E. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN;
Photo Credit: Nikkei Asian Review TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thailand implements third extension of coronavirus emergency until 31 July (30 June 2020) Thailand will remain under a state of coronavirus emergency
Photo Credit: Malaysian Reserve TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT ASEAN commodity purchasing centre opens in Chongqing (29 June 2020) An ASEAN commodity purchasing centre opened in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on 28 June.
CARI Analysis: Digital Payments No Longer a Luxury in the New Normal Author: Imran Said Shamsunahar | Research Editor: Eleen Ooi Yi Ling Webmaster: Nor Amirah Mohd Aminuddin | Research Director: Hong Jukhee
Photo Credit: Myanmar Times TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT MYANMAR Myanmar to distribute stimulus payments to 5.4 million households (22 June 2020) Myanmar’s government plans to give stimulus money to 5.4 million households