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STEP into any shop in Tachilek and Mae Sai
and it quickly becomes apparent that consumer goods shipped
from China down the mighty Mekong River have taken an
increasingly important role in the economies of the two
towns. Most residents of the two towns depend directly or
indirectly on commercial activity generated by goods shipped
from China’s Yunnan Province, which together with Myanmar,
Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam... [FullStory] | |
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THE Thai Foreign Minister, Mr Surakiart Sathirathai, says
Bangkok will take “constructive steps” to implement a joint
economic development plan with Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.[FullStory] |
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A CHINESE firm has reached agreement with the government to
build a multi-million-dollar hydro-electric dam on the Shweli
River in northern Shan State.[FullStory] |
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MYANMAR’s second Information and Communication Technology
Park opens in Mandalay late this week. The K5.5 facility,
on the third floor of the four-storey Yadanabon Market, opens
on August 16, said Major Than Aung, the chairman of the
Mandalay ICT Development Corporation.[Fullstory] |
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THE first shipment of rice to be exported since the
government liberalised trade in the cereal in April will be
sent to Singapore later this month, the national business
federation said.[FullStory] | |