Investment policy and regulation
Foreign investors
Investors pessimistic about Thai market outlook
Investors expect Thailand’s capital market will decline to bearish levels over the next three months in line with poor sentiment in the economy. The latest investment sentiment survey for the three months ending 31 Oct is at 57.27 points, a 41.7% fall from last month’s level of 98.28 ...
Gaming firm gaining momentum with slot machines
US-listed gaming operator Entertaining Gaming Asia (EGA) has recovered from last year’s losses and recorded a profit during the second quarter of 2015. Along with sales of its gaming products, including poker chips and gaming plaques, the company attributed much of the increase to a boost ...
Vietnamese companies favor Laos, US for overseas expansion

Vietnamese companies pledged US$155.4 million for their investment projects in 22 countries and territories around the world in the first half of this year, the Foreign Investment Agency recently reported. The Ministry of Planning and Investment licensed 47 new projects. Keep reading ...
Vietnamese Government to create most favourable conditions for Malaysian investors

Vietnam always welcomes and will create the most favourable conditions for Malaysian investors and those from other ASEAN member states to do business in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed at the dialogue with members of the ASEAN Business Club and Malaysian enterprises ...
Thailand's IEA signs deal for largest ASEAN wind farm in south Laos
Thai renewable company Impact Energy Asia (IEA) plans to build the largest wind farm in ASEAN – and generate 600 megawatts on 400,000 rai in southern Laos – under an agreement signed by the Lao government and the company on 7 August. “Called Monsoon Wind Farm, the US$1.5 ...
Vietnam PM encourages Myanmar to grant licences to Vietnamese banks

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung suggested Myanmar to consider granting licences to the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam to open branches in Myanmar. The Prime Minister received Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar Kyaw Kyaw Maung in Hanoi on 6 August during his ...
Foreigners flee Thai stocks
Foreign investors are selling Thai stocks at the fastest pace this year as the nation’s military government struggles to deliver on pledges to revive economic growth. Overseas funds unloaded a net $774 million of Thai shares in July as the benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand Index ...
Over US$180 million invested at That Luang Marsh project, Laos

Over US$180 million has been spent so far on building infrastructure facilities and condos at That Luang Marsh Specific Economic Zone (SEZ) in Vientiane, officials in charge of the project have said. Construction began in December 2012, with the US$1.6 billion project being developed as a ...
7-Eleven to invade Vietnam

Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co said it has decided to open 7-Eleven convenience stores in Vietnam, where convenience store users are expected to increase with economic growth. Keep reading ...
Chinese loan for Cambodia's rice sector on hold
A project to build 10 warehouses to store rice paddy using Chinese funding has hit a roadblock, as the Cambodian government has been unable to meet criteria set by the Chinese for the project, according to an official associated with the project. Keep reading ...