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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Development partners have pledged further assistance to Laos, President Choummaly Sayasone was told yesterday. The pledge was made at the 11th High-Level Round Table Meeting (RTM) between the government and its development partners that
More than 10 justice officials were disciplined and reshuffled over the past year for misconduct involving abuses of power, Lao Minister of Justice Chaleun Yiapaoher, told parliament yesterday. The minister made the comments in
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith has called on National Assembly members to be a driving force in strengthening Laos’ preparedness to join the ASEAN Economic Community. Sisoulith made the