Vietnam kicks off financial relief package for 20 million vulnerable people
Hai Yen – D.Tung The Hanoi Times Fri, Apr 10, 2020 Photo: VGP. HANOI – The decree is set to cover six beneficiary groups of up to 20 million people […]
EU Pledges Support for Women Garment Factory Workers in Myanmar
By Nyein Nyein The Irrawaddy Thu, April 9, 2020 Female factory workers in the Hlaing Thar Yar Industrial Zone are seen on April 2, 2020. / Myo Min Soe / […]
MYANMAR – MIC halves application fees for investors as coronavirus bites
The Myanmar Times Thu, April 9, 2020 Downtown Yangon – Myanmar Times photo Investors who wish to apply for permission to invest in the country will enjoy a 50 percent […]
Vientiane Economic Officials Patrol Wet Markets, Enforce Price Controls
By Francis Savankham The Laotian Times Wed, April 8, 2020 Vientiane officials patrol Huakhua Market for opportunistic price gouging of essential goods such as pork. Photo courtesy of Vientiane Mai. […]
European companies ask EU to postpone Cambodia EBA withdrawal
Sok Chan and Yeshi Dema Khmer Times Thu, April 9, 2020 The government is to support 40 percent and the private sector 30 percent of wages despite garment factories closing. […]
Cambodia tourism ‘to take longer to recover from pandemic than other sectors’
Khmer Times Thu April 9, 2020 Phnom Penh. Photo: Tourism Cambodia PHNOM PENH – The tourism sector, which is the most vulnerable industry from the spread of Coronavirus, will see […]
Five more months to business as usual: Indonesia business players
Eisya A. Eloksari and Riska Rahman The Jakarta Post Tue, April 7, 2020 Blok M Square shopping center looks empty after Indonesia takes emergency measures to prevent the spread of […]
Cambodia’s CDC approves seven projects worth $174M
Hin Pisei | | The Phnom Penh Post Thu, April 2, 2020 The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Wednesday approved seven investment projects worth $174.1 million and […]
Cambodia economic growth to shrink to 2.3% in 2020, ADB says
Sangeetha Amarthalingam | The Phnom Penh Post Fri, April 2020 The Asian Development Bank (ABD) has slashed Cambodia’s 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 2.3 per cent from its […]
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