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Vietnam police search for creator of Facebook ads for tiger, bear claws
Police in Kon Tum Province in the Central Highlands are looking for the person advertising tiger and bear claws on Facebook. Keep reading ...
Kingdom's sugar exports to EU plummet
New figures show that Cambodia’s sugar exports to the European Union fell by 94.8 per cent between 2013 and 2015, amid accusations of rights abuses and land grabbing in the Kingdom’s industry. Keep reading ...
Ho Chi Minh City may spend $62 million on mobile pumps to fight flooding
In its latest effort to fight worsening flooding, Ho Chi Minh City has come up with a plan to invest VND 1.4-trillion (US$61.9 million) in a response team with mobile pumps. Keep reading ...
Vietnam's bad debts decline to 2.9 percent of loans in 2015
Bad debts in Vietnam’s banking sector declined to 2.9 percent of loans at the end of 2015, from 3.7 percent a year earlier, the government’s National Financial Supervisory Commission said on March 14. Keep reading ...
Public debt drops B24.3bn in January
Public debt dropped by 24.3 billion baht in January from the month before, leaving the country owing of 5.98 trillion baht, according to latest data released by the Public Debt Management Office in Thailand. Keep reading ...
Eleven illegal migrants caught hiding in tour bus
Eleven illegal migrants were found hiding in the luggage compartment of a Bangkok-bound tour bus in Mae Sot district, Thailand early morning on 14 March. Keep reading ...
Mazda showroom opens in central Vietnam
A new Mazda showroom in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai was launched in January 2016, raising the total number of the brand’s showrooms in Vietnam to 32. Keep reading ...
Vietnam threatens to revoke licenses of Trung Nguyen's tourism projects
Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has ordered Trung Nguyen Corporation, one of Vietnam’s largest coffee producers, to speed up construction work on four long-delayed tourism projects, local media reported on 10 March. Trung Nguyen will lose its licenses to develop the projects ...
FMI stock exchange debut set for March 25
First Myanmar Investment will begin selling its shares on the Yangon Stock Exchange on March 25, becoming the first company to list on the country’s first modern bourse, which officially opened last December, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission chair. The local conglomerate which is ...
ANP expels six senior officials in rift
The Arakan National Party – the most successful of all Myanmar’s ethnic parties in last year’s elections on 13 March, decided to expel six senior officials for refusing to toe the party line of opposing the National League for Democracy at state and national level. Keep ...
