50% of Vietnam’s companies say they had to bribe officials

50% of Vietnam’s companies say they had to bribe officials

Nästan hälften av Vietnams företag säger att de har varit tvungna att muta tjänstemän i syfte att göra affärer, en ny undersökning utförd av Vietnam handels-och industriministeriet (VCCI) avslöjade. Några 80 procent More...

Aishwarya Gupta | | April 10th, 2012
Thailand might not be the world’s biggest rice exporter this year

Thailand might not be the world’s biggest rice exporter this year

The Thai Rice Exporters Association on Monday announced that the country’s rice exports will fall by 2.5-4 miljoner ton till 6.5-8 million tonnes from last year’s 10.5 miljoner ton.  More...

January 17th, 2012
Vietnam may replace Thailand as the biggest rice exporter in 2012

Vietnam may replace Thailand as the biggest rice exporter in 2012

According to the Thai Rice Exporters’ Association, by early December 2011, the country had exported 10.3 million tons of rice, en ökning av 29.94 percent over the previous year. Men, what worries them most More...

December 26th, 2011
Thai Floods May Shift Investments to Indonesia and Vietnam

Thai Floods May Shift Investments to Indonesia and Vietnam

Japanese companies, Thailand’s biggest foreign investors, may spend more to build factories in neighbors including Indonesia and Vietnam after the worst flooding in 70 years disrupted global production.  More...

Genom Zhong Li
November 15th, 2011
Thai rice producers fear impacts of AEC

Thai rice producers fear impacts of AEC

Rice is one of the major export goods of Thailand. Men, concerns over Thai rice exports have been ignited upon the upcoming formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) i 2015 as Thailand might lose rice More...

May 2nd, 2011
Southeast Asia rattled with Dams and Clashes

Southeast Asia rattled with Dams and Clashes

Poles apart, two very different issues have resurfaced in Southeast Asia to meddle in regional politics. One offers environmental hope along the Mekong River, the second threatens despair and war along Cambodia’s More...

April 29th, 2011
Vietnam’s state capitalism and the rise of Southeast Asia

Vietnam’s state capitalism and the rise of Southeast Asia

The IMF’s World Economic Outlook suggests the ‘miracle’Asian economies have been resilientpost-financial crisis, whereas the US and Europe are still experiencing lacklustre growth. Exactly what are the strengths More...

February 22nd, 2011
Thailand’s exports affected by Dong devaluation

Thailand’s exports affected by Dong devaluation

Thailand’s exports, which compete with neighbor Vietnam, will be affected slightly following a currency devaluation by Hanoi in a move to tackle its huge trade deficit and high inflation, said Prasarn Trairatvorakul, More...

February 13th, 2011

Thailand’s Exports to ASEAN countries expands by 56%

Thai exports to ASEAN countries in the first five months of 2010 expanded by 56% with the total trade value at 29.629 billion USD, according to the Department of Foreign Trade (DFT).  More...

Stock Exchange of Thailand extends cooperation with Hochiminh Stock Exchange

The Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Hochiminh Stock Exchange (HOSE) today signed the Memorandum of Understanding to extend their cooperation on activities relating to conducting sound market surveillance, och More...

June 23rd, 2010