'Economy would improve if we can increase women’s incomes': Cheery Zahau
Tuan Cer Sung, better known as Cheery Zahau, is aiming for a Lower House seat in Falam Township, where her parents were born. She is one of five women candidates from the Chin Progressive Party (CPP) to run in the 8 November polls in Myanmar. In an interview with ...
Seafood giant TU steps up worker protection
Thai Union Group Plc, one of the world’s largest seafood producers, will stop using subcontractors for shrimp pre-processing and will bring all operations in-house in order to improve worker protection. “From 1 January 2016 onwards, all processing work will be directly controlled by Thai Union, ensuring ...
Local banks draw foreign interest
Vietnamese commercial banks expect to attract foreign investment in their newly-established financial companies thanks to the profitable domestic consumer financial market, according to Dau tu (Investment) newspaper. Despite concerns by shareholders, banks have still tried mergers and acquisitions (M&As) with ailing financial companies, whose non-performing loans ...
Wing, GmoneyTrans ink partnership deal
A South Korean phone-based money transfer company has partnered with Wing Specialized Bank to tap into remittance services for Cambodians living and working abroad. GmoneyTrans signed a cooperative agreement yesterday with Wing and hopes to launch the remittance service by the middle of next month, according ...
Myanmar can raise value, volume of agriculture exports by going organic
Myanmar has potential to develop an organic market that will help to boost the value of local crops produced for export purposes and farmers’ standards of living. In fact, farmers in Myanmar already use less chemical fertilisers and pesticides compared to their neighbours, yet many are ...
Vietnam axes $200mln plant project as Taiwanese giant dawdles
Vietnamese authorities in the northern province of Vinh Phuc have recalled a license for a US$200-million factory invested by the world’s largest electronics manufacturer Foxconn. The Taiwanese company, which has partnered with many giants including Apple and BlackBerry, had failed to kick-start the project licensed in ...
Eastern Economic Corridor must continue
As the election looms, the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will likely leave behind a very mixed legacy. Far from being a clean-up crew against graft and a technocratic team for effective policy performance when it seized power more than four years ago, this ...
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
EU falls short in fighting Asian human traffickers
The European Union is a magnet for human traffickers from Asia and must run better programmes in the region if it is to combat the global trade in people, according to a report by the European Court of Auditors.Despite funding 31 million euros ($34.5 million) ...
Thai Agriculture Reels From Drought in Blow to Ailing Economy
Thailand is scaling back production forecasts for key agricultural commodities because of a drought, dealing a further blow to the country’s struggling economy.Rice, rubber and sugar are among the crops that help to sustain 11 million jobs, drive consumption and color the political mood of ...
Randy Thanthong-Knight
Govt, JICA recommit to restoring Lao forest cover
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue supporting the Lao government in expanding the goal of restoring national forest cover to 70 per cent by 2020 through the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) Support Project.JICA in cooperation with ...
News Desk
Directory of agencies supporting survivors of gender-based violence, abuse debuts
A directory listing organisations and agencies offering support for women and child survivors of gender-based violence and abuse in Vietnam, the first of its kind, has been launched.The release of the directory is an effort by the MoLISA and UN Women within a joint project ...
Taking steps to advance Thailand’s Industry 4.0 ambitions
The announcement by the Transport Ministry to legalise ride-hailing services by March 2020 comes in good time. The Internet economy has, for the first time, crossed the $100-billion (Bt3.03 trillion) mark, according to a report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.The government is taking ...
Saksith Chalermpong
Asean members review progress of economic work plans
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Senior economic officials from 10 Asean member countries, the Asean Secretariat and four negotiating partnerships met in Vientiane this week to review the progress of the implementation of economic activities.The Second Meeting of the Asean Senior Economic Officials for the Fiftieth ...
News Desk
Tourism industry fuels economic growth in Laos
The Lao tourism industry is not only playing a significant role in boosting economic growth, but is also creating a huge number of job opportunities for local people, experts have noted. The United Nations’ World Travel and Tourism Council unveiled its latest report recently, which indicated ...
Somsack Pongkhao
EU funds asylum-seeking scheme in Thailand
The UN Refugee Agency has received 300,000 euros from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department to support the refugee status determination process for asylum-seekers in Thailand. There are currently more than 2,000 refugees and more than 6,000 asylum-seekers from nearly 50 countries living ...
Boats need over 40,000 migrant crew
The Labour Ministry will push for a plan to import 40,000 workers from neighbouring countries to solve a labour shortage in the commercial fishing sector. Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo said Thursday (Aug 2) that workers from Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam would be targeted under ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Medical marijuana move ‘not enough’
More legal measures to further liberalise medical cannabis are required, campaigners stressed, so as to ensure that patients can freely and easily access affordable and quality cannabinoid medicines. Even though Thailand has already legalised the use of cannabis for medical purpose since February, medical experts ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
UNHCR: No one ever chooses to become a refugee
Refugees, people fleeing air strikes by the Myanmar military, and those who are at risk of political persecution, have been the focus of attention in the months since the Feb 1 coup.This is particularly so in Thailand, which shares a border of over 2,400 kilometres ...
Luxembourg continues to back Laos in development
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Luxembourg will continue to support Laos in its socio-economic development targeting the graduation from least developed country status by 2024, and sustainable development.The confirmation was made by Minister for foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn as the high-ranking official of the ...
Times Reporters
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Alarm over drastic drop in dam levels
The low level of useable water in the country’s four major dams have raised concerns over the likelihood of serious, widespread droughts during the dry season next year.The volume of water currently stored in the country’s four key dams accounts for just 47% of their ...
Bangkok Post Reporter