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Investment in Thailand to top $25 billion
Investors' applications through the Thai Board of Investment (BoI), the approving body for strategic industry and commercial investments under a tax privileges scheme, will...
$100m for Myanmar trilateral highway
About $100 million of a $500-million loan granted by India has been earmarked for building and improving roads in the Myanmar part of the...
Myanmar aims to surpass Laos, Cambodia
Myanmar aims to overtake both Laos and Cambodia in average income per capita by 2014 or 2015, Radio Free Asia's news service reported on...
Laos introduces new trade portal amid strong growth
Laos launched a new online trading platform in late June, the Lao PDR Trade Portal, providing traders and government agencies an easily accessible source...
The Philippines’ BPO industry and its troubles with office space
Fuelled by the expanding business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, the building boom in the Philippines could leave the country with too much, too little, or just not the right office space.
Vietnam’s GDP growth accelerates
Vietnam's economy showed signs of regained strength in the second quarter 2012, according to figures released by the government on June 29.
GDP grew by...
Best practices for productivity in Malaysia
The Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) was established by the country's government to support the nation’s aspirations to achieve a productivity growth at an average of 4.6 per cent annually until 2020.
Big banks must fund small business
The Arab Monetary Fund and the World Bank urged banks in the Middle East North Africa region to offer more loans to small and...
Malaysia brain drain initiative
Though foreign investment in Malaysia has increased from 1.4bn in 2009 to almost 9bn in 2010, a World Bank reports that there might be...
World Bank releases food shortage data
According to the latest data released by the World Bank, more people than ever have dipped below the international poverty line, due in large...
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Suu Kyi calls for investors to engage in Rakhine state
Myanmar State Counselor and de facto-leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for investment in the crisis-hit western state of Rakhine on February 22, saying...
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Cambodia put back on global money laundering watchlist
Paris-based intergovernmental money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed Cambodia back on its watchlist on February 22 because of concern it is...