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Chinese defence boss brings military aid to Cambodia
Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan arrived in Phnom Penh on 5 November accompanied by senior military officials for a four-day official visit aimed at boosting military ties with the Kingdom. Keep reading ...
Cambodia to revamp porous tax code
The Cambodian government will scrap its poorly regulated and grossly inefficient estimated-tax regime, which covers mostly small enterprises, and bring all businesses in the Kingdom into the fold of its more-stringent “real” tax regime, leaked documents show. In an unpublished addendum to the 2016 national budget ...
Xi, Vietnamese leaders agree to boost win-win partnership
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks here with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, and they agreed to push forward their countries’ comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Keep reading ...
School students found on village voter list
Middle-school students’ names have been included on the voter list in Mandalay Region’s Natogyi township, according to a complaint filed by the National League for Democracy. Keep reading ...
China, Vietnam pledge to manage maritime differences
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vietnam’s top leaders agreed to manage disputes over the South China Sea amid strained ties made more uncertain by an upcoming reshuffle of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party. Any cracks in relations were covered over as Xi met party heavyweights, some ...
Aung San Suu Kyi seems to have Myanmar’s countryside in her corner
This village at the end of a long, bumpy dirt road in the Irrawaddy Delta would seem a natural stronghold for the former generals who rule Myanmar. The villagers, mostly rice farmers, are overwhelmingly Buddhist and undereducated, and they live in a society still shaped by ...
Lao Ministry sets target yields for agriculture
The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is asking farmers around the country to grow 4.2 million tonnes of rice this fiscal year, seeking to boost commercial production and ensure food security. According to the figures provided by the ministry, 2.1 million tonnes of the total ...
UN calls upon Myanmar Government to hold elections in ‘peaceful environment’
The Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, and the Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, Jennifer Welsh, called on the Government of Myanmar to take all possible measures to ensure that the upcoming elections of 8 November are held in a ...
EU Election Observation Mission deploys 62 short-term observers
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar deployed 62 short-term observers throughout the country on 5 November. The group is the third contingent, following the core team and the 30 long-term observers, which have arrived in Myanmar ...
Sri Lanka, Thailand satisfied with President’s visit
The outcome of the visit to Thailand by President Maithripala Sirisena reflected the long-standing relations between the two countries and peoples based on shared historical, religious and cultural affinities, a joint statement by Sri Lanka and Thailand said. Keep reading ...
