Military-Initiated Steel Project Costing Myanmar Govt $345,000 in Daily Loan Payments to China
By Nan Lwin The Irrawaddy Thu, February 20, 2020 The No. 1 Steel Mill project in Mandalay Region’s Myingyan Township. / Ministry of Industry YANGON – The Myanmar government is […]
Cambodian GMAC: Pulling rug from under workers’ feet not way to proceed
Niem Chheng | The Phnom Penh Post Mon, February 17, 2020 The GMAC has called on the EU to reinstate full EBA privileges to support hundreds of thousands of workers. […]
Factory openings up, says Cambodia ministry
Thou Vireak | The Phnom Penh Post Mon, February 17, 2020 Workers at a factory in Phnom Penh. Heng Chivoan The number of factory openings in the Kingdom rose sharply […]
Ministry approves Cambodia’s first hybrid maize seed
Sok Chan / Khmer Times Tue, February 18, 2020 Dr Yong Hwan Kim, director of KOPIA Centre Cambodia. KOPIA PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries […]
Key stakeholders report Cambodia’s investment climate friendly, favourable
Poovenraj Kanagaraj / Khmer Times Mon, February 17, 2020 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – In a series of interviews conducted by a World Economic Forum team with key stakeholders across policymakers, […]
CLMV countries hopes to boost textile exports to Japan with added value
Chea Vannak / Khmer Times Mon, February 17, 2020 CLMV countries are encouraged to improve their production chains to export to Japan. Garment workers at a factory in Phnom Penh. […]
Growth first, environment later. Proposed legal revision relaxes Indonesia mining restrictions
Norman Harsono The Jakarta Post Fri, February 14, 2020 The Tutupan coal mine (pictured above in March 2011) is one of the mining blocks owned by PT Adaro Indonesia in […]
Chinese company granted licence to explore Cambodia’s Block D
Thou Vireak The Phnom Penh Post Fri, February 14, 2020 Cambodian Resources Energy Development Co Ltd has been granted a three-year exploration licence in the Gulf of Thailand’s Block D, […]
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