50th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) Meeting

5 September, 2018

  The 50th ASEAN Economic Ministers’ (AEM) meeting concluded in Singapore on 1 September 2018. The meeting was chaired by Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Chan Chun Sing. Prior to the 50th AEM

Mekong Monitor

30 August, 2018

Photo Credit: AP   TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT   MYANMAR Myanmar’s Financial Inclusion Roadmap focuses on fintech (24 August 2018) The latest inclusion of forming a digital services working group that will be supervised

China-ASEAN Monitor

29 August, 2018

Photo credit: AP   Economy, Investment and Trade Singapore, Guangdong to tie up on high tech, smart cities (24 August 2018) Fourteen Singapore companies signed agreements to partner with Chinese companies from the South

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

China-ASEAN Monitor

22 August, 2018

Photo credit: Vietnamnet   Economy, Investment and Trade Vietnam’s Investment Ministry expresses wariness over China’s ODA loans (19 August 2018) Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has expressed concerns over Official Development Assistance

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

China-ASEAN Monitor

15 August, 2018

File Photo   Economy, Investment and Trade Thailand’s economy minimally impacted by US-China Trade War (13 August 2018) The present trade tensions between the US and China are not expected to have a significant

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

China-ASEAN Monitor

8 August, 2018

File Photo   Economy, Investment and Trade Indonesia remains committed to anti-dumping measures with China, amid accusations from Chinese steel manufacturers (5 August 2018) Indonesian Ambassador to China, Djauhari Oratmangun claimed Indonesia abides by

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