Mekong Monitor

23 August, 2018

Photo Credit: Myanmar Times   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   CAMBODIA Cambodia becomes the largest importer of Vietnam’s steel thanks to booming construction sector (23 August 2018) A boom in the construction sector has

Mekong Monitor

16 August, 2018

Photo Credit: Myanmar Times   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   MYANMAR Myanmar to liberalise its gold market after five decades (15 August 2018) Myanmar’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) aims to remove gold from its

Mekong Monitor

9 August, 2018

Photo Credit: Myanmar Times   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   MYANMAR Illegal trade on the rise across Myanmar due to corruption (2 August 2018) Illegal trade has been on the rise although Myanmar government

Mekong Monitor

2 August, 2018

Photo Credit: EPA   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   CAMBODIA EU and US threaten economic sanctions after Cambodia’s Ruling Party claims victory in elections with no viable opposition (30 July 2018) The conclusion of

Mekong Monitor

27 July, 2018

Photo Credit: GIZ   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION European Union (EU) trains officials on the safety of transporting dangerous goods in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) (22 July 2018) Thailand

SEA businessmen positive about economy: poll

28 November, 2013
By Asia News Network | Source: The Straits Times

Confidence levels of Southeast Asian businessmen regarding the economic outlook at home and worldwide have hit a two- year high, a new poll has found. Many more of them are upbeat over the improving

Asean single aviation seen signed by December 2015

22 November, 2013
By Asia News Network | Source: The Brunei Times

The Declaration of the Asean Single Aviation Market (ASAM) will be signed by December 2015, according to a recent consultation paper on the proposed policy for the establishment of a regional aviation service in

Deadly Collapse in Cambodia Renews Safety Concerns

17 May, 2013
By Thomas Fuller and Keith Bradsher | Source: The New York Times

Survivors described a scene of panic Thursday after a raised storage area collapsed at a footwear factory in this Cambodian village, killing at least two workers, injuring a dozen more and underlining global worries