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...Carlyle Thayer, emeritus professor of politics at the University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, said that Trong “failed to get his protégé Tran Quoc Vuong approved as...
...The experiment is being watched closely by tourism officials in Asian countries that sealed their borders to foreign tourists during the pandemic, from Indonesia’s Bali to Vietnam’s Phu Quoc....
...Trade Secrets comes to you this week from Bangkok, where Thai authorities are finally easing lockdown restrictions and preparing to reopen the city to foreign visitors as soon as November 1....
...That is one factor behind Japan’s interest in new accessions to the trans-Pacific trade deal, the subject of today’s main piece....
...“The likes of Thai chicken curry with rice — I just want the rice. Moroccan lamb with couscous — I just want the couscous....
...Among the leading candidates rumoured to be in the running to replace Mr Trong is Tran Quoc Vuong, the current general secretary’s right-hand man and a leader of the anti-corruption campaign....
...The government of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha this week approved the establishment of a committee to discuss joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)...
...A trans woman led cheers of “Very good! Very brave! Thank you!” punctuating each phrase with claps as a girl nearby did expressive arm gestures and people laughed....
...“Vietnam will actively and selectively attract foreign investments, taking high quality, efficiency, modern technology and environmental protection as the key benchmarks,” Tran Quoc Phuong, deputy minister...
...A second wave of Covid-19 infections is delaying progress on a “Trans-Tasman travel bubble” between Australia and New Zealand....
...Japan will make a fresh attempt to expand the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to include more Asian economies, such as Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines, after the new coronavirus exposed...
...The loss of the China trade has hit south-east Asian economies particularly hard, as tourist groups pull out, Chinese suppliers halt deliveries to manufacturers and imports of everything from Thai and Malaysian...
...Mr Pesole added that the report “downplayed” the issue of Chinese goods being trans-shipped via Vietnam to avoid US tariffs, suggesting “the US government has little appetite to further disrupt the Asian...
...The next government may also seek to open talks on joining the trans-Pacific trade grouping, the CPTPP....
...A $310m plant in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor opened in 2017 and can produce up to 100,000 cars annually for the Thai market....
...The country’s ecommerce market is estimated to have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 25 per cent between 2015 and 2018 and Tiki founder Tran Ngoc Thai Son says the company’s growth has far outstripped...
...Malaysians continued to ratchet down expectations for their new government while Thais turned cautious about the political environment in the run-up to a long overdue election, our latest read of regional...
...In a record-setting sell-off in December, a consortium led by Thailand’s Thai Beverage bid $4.8bn to acquire a controlling stake in Sabeco, the country’s largest brewer....
...Tran Ngoc Thai Son set up his ecommerce start-up in his parents’ bedroom in Ho Chi Minh City, and went live one Saturday morning in 2010....
...Details Tickets on the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Manchurian lines (and Lake Baikal tours) can be organised by Russia specialist MIR Corporation (mircorp.com)....
...In mid-June, officials from the Thai Ministry of Tourism and the China National Tourism Administration met to discuss the issue....
...“The Thai free trade deal was a one way agreement....
...Indonesian president Joko Widodo, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha have been staking their political fortunes on greater transportation investment, and Vietnam...
...Mr Duc was referring to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a comprehensive, 12-nation trade pact that would have given Vietnamese exports easy access to a vast market....
...Mr Obama vigorously pushed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with 11 countries in Asia-Pacific and the Americas, including Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam....
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