Cambodia
Cambodia takes over Thailand-run air traffic control firm as row deepens
Cambodia has taken over the running of the country’s Thai-owned air traffic control firm, in a deepening row between the two neighbouring countries. Cambodia also barred all Thai employees from turning up for work and put a Cambodian national in temporary charge.
The move comes a day after a Thai engineer working for the firm in Phnom Penh was formally charged with spying.

Cambodia has refused to extradite Mr Thaksin (Right) to Thailand, and has hired him as economic adviser
It is said he passed on details of last week’s flight to Cambodia by former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Mr Thaksin, who is wanted in Thailand to serve a jail sentence for corruption, spent five days in Cambodia in his new role as an economic adviser.
via BBC News – Cambodia takes over Thailand-run company as row deepens.
Cambodia
CLMV’s economic growth crashes to two-decade low due to COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis has caused the rate of economic growth in the CLMV bloc to be at its lowest in two decades, the CLMV economies could grow at 3.4 percent this year

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on CLMV economies through their dependency on foreign-sourced revenue from tourism and exports says KResearchCenter.
Cambodia
Cambodia’s aid and investment affair with China
China is Cambodia’s biggest aid provider and Chinese investors hold almost a quarter of Cambodia’s total FDI stock. Distinguishing Chinese aid from investment is difficult, but there is no doubting China’s huge economic impact in Cambodia.

The debate about China’s rapidly growing global investment and development financing footprint has focused on deciphering Chinese intentions — whether China aims to revise or maintain the US-led ‘liberal international order’.
Cambodia
Thailand pushes CLMVT as the “New Value Chain Hub of Asia”
The Ministry of Commerce, in cooperation with 11 relevant agencies, hosted the CLMVT Forum 2019 with delegates from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand

BANGKOK, 24 June 2019 (NNT) – Thailand’s Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, today attended the opening of the CLMVT Forum 2019, and urged its member countries to push for the development of the CLMVT Regional Value Chain, so that they can have more bargaining power and improve the well-being of their citizens.
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Economics7 days ago
1.7 million Thais without smartphones register for "Rao Chana" benefits
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United States6 days ago
US pledges to enhance cooperation with Mekong subregion’s countries
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Startups6 days ago
Traveloka to launch financial services in Vietnam and Thailand
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China1 week ago
Mainland China is in no position to take Taiwan by force