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Polluters hurt Cambodia: study
Cambodia is suffering disproportionately from the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from more developed nations, according to a new study published in the journal Nature on 5 February. The study, conducted by University of Queensland and the Wildlife Conservation Society, found that the top 20 emitters, ...
Lao hydro: wind to ease ASEAN energy shortage
Laos, often called the “Battery of ASEAN”, will live up to its name by supplying ASEAN power at a critical time, when energy demand in the region’s fast growing economies threatens shortages amid several infrastructure and urbanisation projects, pledged Laos Vice Minister for Energy Viraphonh Vilavong. Thailand, which ...
Tra fish exports to UK increase sharply
Tra fish exports to the UK hit US$46 million last year, an increase of 13.9 percent against 2014, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Keep reading ...
Da Nang targets 12 percent rise in industrial production value
The central city of Da Nang has set targets of raising its industrial production value by 11-12 percent and the city’s industrial production index by 10.8 percent in 2016. The city’s total retail sales and services are also projected to increase by 16-17 percent, and export ...
Laos orders product labelling in Lao language
Every product manufactured domestically and also imported products shall now be required to be labelled in Lao language prior to distribution in order to protect consumers. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has issued an ordinance on product labelling in Lao language, in order to expand ...
Mekong Delta set to earn over 14 bln USD from exports
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region targets to earn US$14.34 billion from export in 2016, a year-on-year increase of $1.14 billion. According to the Northwest Steering Committee, during January of this year, the Mekong Delta provinces shipped abroad 1.09 billion USD worth of commodities; mostly seafood, rice, processed foods, ...
New university to link up to SE Asian economic corridor
A new research university at Savannakhet – Laos’ second-largest city – in the western region is being built with loans and funding of up to US$40 million from the Asian Development Bank, or ADB, to provide skilled graduates for the region’s ‘economic corridor’ that runs ...
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to cut rubber exports
The three Southeast Asian countries grouped in the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) will cut exports by 615,000 tons in the six months until August 31, 2016. Indonesia agreed to cut its exports by 238,736 tons, while Malaysia and Thailand pledged to reduce their overseas ...
Provide communities with more tourism benefit: Thai PM
Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chanocha is pushing community tourism as part of long-term development plan to funnel more money to local communities. Keep reading ...
Thai PM to attend inaugural US-ASEAN summit
Thailand’s Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend the inaugural US-ASEAN summit in United States next week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee revealed on 5 February. The event will be held at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California from 14-18 February on the invitation of US President Barack ...
