‘EU to continue engaging with Myanmar under EBA trade-preference initiative’ The European Union (EU) says it will continue to engage with countries, including Myanmar, that fall under its Everything But Arms (EBA) trade initiative. — […]
EU seen opening up trade to Vietnam, closing door to Cambodia The moves mark Europe’s increased insistence that trading partnerships go beyond liberalization and be coupled with commitments to environmental, labor and social standards. On […]
Petronas-Petros partnership can help increase S’wak participation in oil and gas value chain Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has partnered with the Sarawak Economic Planning Unit on the development of the Sarawak Petrochemicals Masterplan Study, says […]
Myanmar inflation peaks at 8.8% in December 2019 Inflation in 2019 peaked at 8.81 percent in December, the highest level in 12 months, according to the latest available data released by the Central Statistical Organisation […]
EU Approval of Trade Pact Will Give Vietnam Green Light to Continue Violations: HRW A European Union approval of a landmark free trade deal with Vietnam, absent any concrete improvement to its human rights record, […]
MACC to get more information on AirAsia-Airbus scandal The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has requested for documents from United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to further examine facts before questioning AirAsia Group over its receipt […]
Virus impacts MAI operations Myanmar’s largest private-sector airline said the novel coronavirus outbreak is likely to have an impact on its operations until April, Bloomberg reported. –– Mizzima Frontiir selected to bring internet to Yangon’s […]
Vietnam’s northern port city will develop more economic zones in 2020 The Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong planned to establish a number of new industrial zones this year, head of the provincial management […]
PM says GDP forecast for 2020 remains at 4.8pc, despite challenging times Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today maintained that Malaysia’s 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) target still stands at 4.8 per cent, against […]
Thai-Myanmar border trade value down this FY The value of Thailand-Myanmar border trade from 1st October to 31 January in the 2019-2020 fiscal year (FY) amounted to US$1.16 billion, a decrease of $97.34 million against […]
Vietnam’s new nCoV test kit thrice as fast at one-third the cost Vietnam has developed test kits for the novel coronavirus that provides results in just 70 minutes as opposed to the current four hours. […]
Malaysian company to invest in bamboo sector Lipp Engineering Sdn Bhd, a Malaysia-based company, has announced plans to build a bamboo processing plant in Cambodia to ship bio-oil and bamboo fibre abroad. — Eleven Myanmar […]