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More challenges are expected for Vietnam’s aquaculture exports in 2024, according to Tran Dinh Luan, General Director of the Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Indonesia's trade surplus fell almost a third in 2023 from a year earlier, as exports and imports dropped amid falling commodity prices and weakening global trade, data from the country's statistics bureau showed on Monday.

Amid global economic uncertainty and ongoing geopolitical competition, the World Bank’s economists have identified four key areas for local governments to address, crucial for sustaining growth and achieving Cambodia’s goal of becoming an upper-middle-income country by 2030.

A batch of coated ivory board worth about 430,000 yuan (US$60,098) was packed at Guangxi Sun Paper Board Co, Ltd in Beihai, a coastal city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region before the New Year holiday.

Economists and business stakeholders are optimistic that the value of exports from Cambodia to its five main markets will continue to rise. In the first 11 months of 2023, the country’s exports reached nearly US$14 billion, constituting over two-thirds of its total export value of more than US$20 billion.

Thailand's stock investor confidence jumped to a seven-month high in August, boosted by clarification over a new government formation, a survey this week showed.

Vietnam's trade minister has said that a surge in global rice prices offered an opportunity to increase exports, but stressed the need to ensure domestic food security.

The China-Laos Railway has transported over four million tonnes of cargo since it was put into operation in 2021, the Lao local media said.

Cambodia collected US$1.9 billion from all sources of taxes in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, up 2 per cent from US$1.86 billion in the same period last year, according to government data.

Indonesia raised 11 trillion rupiah ($716.38 million - RM3.2 billion) from an Islamic bond auction on Tuesday, equal to the indicative target, its Finance Ministry said.