Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga discussed strengthening cooperation between the two countries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in a phone call on October 29 afternoon, Lee announced in the latest Facebook post.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on October 29 to discuss issues of shared concern.
Singapore is set to ink an agreement with Laos, Thailand and Malaysia at an ASEAN meeting next month to advance cooperation on cross-border power trading, Singapore’s Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng said on October 26.
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Indonesia dropped by 5.1 percent from 317.8 trillion Rp (21.61 billion USD) in the first nine months of 2019 to 301.7 trillion Rp in the same period of 2020, the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has reported.
India and the Philippines have begun negotiations on a bilateral investment agreement as they want to further boost their economic ties.
AS ANOTHER conditional movement control order grips the key economic zones of KL and Selangor, now more than ever, Malaysia must work to counter the grave economic impact of Covid-19 with a bold, holistic and far-sighted policy.
Time: 8.00 - 12.00 Wednesday, November 4, 2020 Location: National Assembly Guest House, 165 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Ward 3, District 1, City. Ho Chi Minh
ASEAN is set to become the world’s fourth largest economy by 2030, and it is a transition that will be championed by an increasingly tech-savvy younger population which is rapidly rising up the socio-economic ladder.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
