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Thailand wants Preah Vihear’s World Heritage listing reviewed
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday said his government will dispatch representatives to Paris next week to urge the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to review its listing of the ancient Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as the listing has caused a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday said his government will dispatch representatives to Paris next week to urge the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to review its listing of the ancient Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as the listing has caused a conflict between Thailand and Cambodia.
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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
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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’.
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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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