Facebook blocks scores of pages in Thailand Facebook has blocked access to scores of web pages in Thailand with “inappropriate” content, including some containing alleged insults against the royal family, on the orders of the […]
Lao economy to grow at 6.8 percent in 2017: IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the Lao economy to grow at 6.8 percent in 2017, lower than the previous year due to lower […]
Vietnam: SonKim Land hits first close of $46m follow-up round led by EXS Capital Vietnamese real estate developer SonKim Land Corporation has closed the first fundraising round of $46 million led by Asia-dedicated investment firm […]
BoI eyes Bt1.5 tn in actual investments THE BOARD OF INVESTMENT (BOI) is conservatively forecasting that the total value of actual investments under its tax-incentive support will reach at least Bt1 trillion during the three […]
Voter Ink Can Be Washed Off, NEC Admits Less than a month before Cambodia goes to the polls, the country’s top election body on Wednesday acknowledged it had paid nearly $800,000 for indelible ink that […]
APEC 2017: Vietnam’s new vision and stature Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh emphasized that the APEC Year 2017 is a significant opportunity to highlight the spirit and intellectual capacity of Vietnam’s […]
PTTEP freezes new investment in Indonesia PTT Exploration and Production, Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas company, said on Tuesday that it will halt all new investments in Indonesia until a dispute with the government there […]
Surge in illegal log export from Cambodia, says report Illegal exports of timber from Cambodia to Vietnam surged in recent months despite an export ban aimed at countering rapid deforestation in one South-East Asia’s poorest […]
PetroVietnam-invested projects incurred huge losses under Dinh La Thang Many projects invested by PetroVietnam, the national oil & gas group, have been found taking huge losses. The common characteristic is that they were invested in […]
Govt lures major Chinese investment to new EEC DEPUTY Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday that the government plans to connect its new Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) development project with the Chinese government’s One Belt, […]
Surge in illegal log export from Cambodia, says report Illegal exports of timber from Cambodia to Vietnam surged in recent months despite an export ban aimed at countering rapid deforestation in one South-East Asia’s poorest […]
PM directs 4th Industrial Revolution preparations Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered all central agencies and local administrations nationwide to make plans for optimum usage of all advantages offered by the 4th Industrial Revolution. […]