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Japan looks to spread its customs system in Southeast Asia
Japan aims to broaden exports of its customs management system to Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines, helping Southeast Asia build a regional customs network while easing Japanese businesses’ expansion into the region. Keep reading ...
Nikki News Staff
Asean free trade still a distant notion
Southeast Asia is edging toward a single processing window for cross-border trade, but it all may be a waste of time unless the more advanced nations in the region agree to allow more products over their borders.Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia have already linked their ...
Alan Boyd
Asean, South Korea strengthen their ties
South Korea’s investment in Asean increased from $0.53 billion in 2000 to $5.1 billion in 2016, while its official development assistance to Asean rose from $85.6 million in 2006 to $418.9 million in 2016.People mobility is remarkable. About six million South Korean tourists visited Asean ...
Chheang Vannarith
Korea, 5 Mekong nations agree to widen cooperation
South Korea and five Southeast Asian countries surrounding the Mekong River agreed on Friday to strengthen diplomatic and economic cooperation during an annual high-level meeting in the southern port city of Busan.Keep reading ...
Yunhab
Govt urged to establish Belt and Road taskforce
The Myanmar government is urged to take a proactive role and form a taskforce to carve out its involvement in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). An adviser to the National League for Democracy-led government stressed the need to scrutinize debt while others voiced the ...
Su Phyo Win, Chan Mya Htwe, and Thompson Chau
East Asia, Latin America vow to strengthen cooperative relations
Leaders from 36 countries in East Asia and Latin America have committed to further strengthen their cooperative relations in areas ranging from politics to economics, trade and people-to-people exchanges. Foreign ministers from the two regions met at the 8th FEALAC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in ...
Somsack Pongkhao
Coal imports reduce in 7 months y-o-y
Việt Nam imported 7.9 million tonnes of coal worth US$810 million in the first seven months of the year. The imports represented a 5.1 per cent decrease in terms of quantity and a 49.2 per cent increase in term of value compared the same period last ...
Vietnam News Staff
First rice export bilateral agreement signed
The National League for Democracy-led government is set to sign its first ever government-to-government (G-to-G) rice export bilateral agreement, according to the commerce ministry. The country is likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to export rice to Bangladesh in early September.Keep reading ...
TPP talks in Sydney end with further negotiation set for Sept
Chief negotiators from the 11 remaining member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal agreed to reconvene in September, after three days of talks ended in Sydney on Wednesday.Keep reading ...
VN exporters urged to follow rules
Việt Nam should strictly follow and continuously update its policies and regulations when exporting products to the US, which is considered a difficult market with rigorous requirements.Keep reading ...