• Customs Seizes Container Of Pangolin, Elephant Tusk Worth N952m

    BY YUSUF BABALOLA  | The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted an export container concealed with 162 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 8,800 kg and 57 sacks of mixed endangered species of various sizes such as Ivory/animal horns, lion bones and others destined for Haiphong in ...

  • Trade officials warn of Vietnam's edge

    Thai manufacturers and exporters are being urged to improve their competitiveness in the European market as prospective EU buyers may shift to cheaper goods from Vietnam after the EU-Vietnam free-trade agreement (FTA) became effective in August 2020.

  • Vietnam's clever rice strategy

    Vietnam, the world's second largest rice exporter, this month made a surprising move by starting to import the grain from India. It is importing the cheaper Indian rice to meet domestic demand while saving its own output, which is currently selling at a multi-year high, for the export market.

  • Combatting illicit trade

    Not only has the Covid-19 pandemic exposed flaws in social and health systems, disrupted supply chains and taken at least 38,000 lives across Southeast Asia, it has also shed light on the growing problem of illicit trade in the region.

  • RCEP poised to deliver big dividends

    The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was finally signed in November after eight years of difficult negotiations. Its members -- the 10 Asean nations plus Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea -- represent a very diverse mix, with varying interests and priorities.

  • Medical upgrades urged

    Thailand needs to step up efforts in using research and smart technologies to support healthcare businesses to better compete with foreign countries if the country wants to become a medical hub in Asean.

  • Venezuela Reiterates Request to Join ASEAN Cooperation Treaty

    RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Thursday, November 26th, ratified his country's formal request to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). "We want to express what we did at the beginning of the year in writing, ...