The Lao government is developing projects to raise the capacity of its major exporters, according to Director General Phengsanguan Chounlamany of the Lao Ministry of Commerce’s Trade Promotion Department. This is a move to help the country enter larger markets after Laos joins the World Trade Organisation, he said. The projects focus on [...]
Singapore and Indonesia have ratified an agreement on their borderline on the waters west of the Singapore straits at Singapore’s Foreign Ministry on August 30. The signatories were Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo and his Indonesian counterpart, Marty M. Tatalegawa. The Malaysian news agency Bernama quoted the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore as saying [...]
Two Chinese warships, the Guangzhou and the Chaohu from the 5 th Escort Task group of the Chinese Navy, started a visit to the port of Thilawa in Myanmar’s Yangon City on August 29. Attending the welcoming ceremony were Major Han Sein, the Commander of the Myanmar Navy’s dockyard base and the Chinese Ambassador [...]
A grenade exploded at the parking lot of the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) on August 31, damaging several vehicles but causing no injuries in the latest in a spate of unclaimed attacks in the capital, a local media reported. According to Panitan Wattanayagorn, spokesperson of the Thai government, the explosive device is [...]
Landslides that rocked Banyumas district in Indonesia’s central Java province on August 31, killed at least four and left two missing, including a small child. Rescue chief Marsono said heavy rains have caused the disaster. Indonesia is prone to landslides and flooding during the monsoon season lasting from December to April next year. [...]
The word “antler” means “loc” in Vietnamese, with another meaning of “loc” being good money, and for farmers in central Ha Tinh Province this has proven true.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has approved a plan to develop the machine tools industry with a focus on agro-forestry and aquatic processing machinery by 2025.
A Mozambique delegation led by General Secretary of the Mozambique Liberation Front Party, Filipe Chimoio Paunde, paid a working visit to the southern province of Binh Phuoc on June 20.
The Government has approved an interest-rate subsidy of 100 per cent for loans for salt producers, which will be effective until the end of the year.
The coffee price in Vietnam’s market recently was maintained in the increasing impetus because the storage volume caused pressure on business operations in the domestic market.
