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Wood veneer exports approaching limit
Wooden veneer, partially-processed timber products have been exported in accordance with the government’s special permission, according to the latest official report. The latest report from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce showed that as of May 19, as many as 12,182 cubic metres of veneer ...
Natural calamities in Asia, Pacific threat to infra: ADB
Asia and Pacific countries, including India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, need to thwart challenges posed by natural calamities that have been taking toll on their infrastructure, ADB has said.They will have to find solution in greener infrastructure to restrict global mean temperature rise, it said.Shattered ...
Platform to unify online trading on CSX
A central online trading platform expected to launch by the end of the year will allow investors to trade securities listed on the local stock market using a desktop computer or smartphone.Lamun Soleil, director of market operations at the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), said the ...
Industry, Commerce seeks to end illegal pig imports
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is adopting stricter measures to intercept the import, movement and distribution of illegally imported pigs, pork (fresh and frozen) and related products.The ministry last week announced that provincial and Vientiane Department of Industry and Commerce should coordinate with relevant ...
Quang Ninh’s APEC dialogue focuses on sustainable tourism
Việt Nam looks forward to discussions with ministers, heads of delegations and delegates from Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) on the challenges to sustainable tourism development to share information and experience with economies and set forth co-operation orientations for APEC’s sustainable tourism development in the ...
Laos, Russia push for greater political, economic cooperation as foreign ministers meet in Moscow
Laos and Russia have agreed to strengthen their cooperative relations in areas related to politics and military capabilities as well as economics, trade, investment and technology. The agreement was reached during the bilateral talks held between Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Saleumxay Kommasith and his Russian ...
Hai Duong calls for hi-tech agricultural investment
The northern province of Hải Dương will create favourable conditions and offer preferential policies for businesses investing in high-tech agriculture, post-harvest preservation, slaughterhouse construction and production chain development, provincial authorities said.Keep reading ...
Bokeo province expects to reduce banana plantation sites
Authorities of Bokeo province confirmed they will not allow investors to expand areas for banana plantation projects, aiming to protect the environment and peoples’ health. According to a report from the ad hoc committee for banana farm inspection, the authorities will not allow the expansion of ...
Dry port sets hopes on Belt and Road
The country’s first dry port will be built near Myitnge, in Amarapura township, Mandalay Region, and join the Belt and Road network, said U Myo Win, general manager from Myanma Railways (Upper Myanmar).“It is a two-year project under UNESCAP agreement between governments,” he said. UNESCAP ...
Law on Minerals under revision
The government is revising the Law on Mining in the hope that its amendment will support sustainable development of valuable natural resources and bring the highest benefits to the nation.A workshop to learn and consult the proposed changes took place in Vientiane on Monday, which ...
