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CAMBODIA/TIMOR-LESTE: Timor-Leste to buy 4,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia
Timor-Leste will buy 4,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia for the first time under the state mechanism after the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on rice trade on Oct. 20, 2022.
A contract on the rice purchase was inked here on Nov. 15 during a working meeting between Chan Sok Ty, President of Green Trade Company of the Ministry of Commerce, and a delegation from Timor-Leste, led by Mr.
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LAOS: Laos launches official website for ASEAN chairmanship 2024
Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith. PHOTO: XINHUA
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XINHUA – The official website of Laos’ ASEAN chairmanship in 2024 was launched during a conference yesterday to discuss its preparation.
Chaired by Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith, who is also deputy head of the National Steering Committee on Preparation and Implementation of ASEAN Chairmanship of Laos 2024, the meeting was attended by representatives of relevant ministries and organisations.
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https://borneobulletin.com.bn/laos-launches-official-website-for-asean-chairmanship-2024/
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MALAYSIA/THAILAND : M’sian, Thai authorities combat online job scams
BANGKOK (Bernama) — Malaysian ambassador to Thailand Datuk Jojie Samuel met with Thai authorities to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation on combating online job scams.….
MYANMAR: Myanmar military, insurgents battle over port town
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ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES – Myanmar’s military has launched attacks from the air and the sea to recapture a port town on the Bay of Bengal, an opposition alliance said yesterday, as junta forces face the fiercest offensive from their enemies in years.
The military, which seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup, is battling a coordinated offensive launched in October by an alliance of three ethnic minority insurgent groups, as well as allied pro-democracy fighters who have taken up arms since the coup.
https://borneobulletin.com.bn/myanmar-military-insurgents-battle-over-port-town/
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SINGAPORE/INDONESIA: Singapore and Indonesia launch cross-border QR-code payments
Digital transaction: Bank Indonesia employees explain the Quick Code Response Indonesian Standard (QRIS) digital payment system to a small and medium entrepreneur during the National QRIS Week in Tegal, Central Java, on Aug. 20, 2023. (Antara/Oky Lukmansyah)
AFP Singapore ● Fri, November 17, 2023
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Singapore and Indonesia launched cross-border payment services Friday, the countries’ central banks said, as part of a regional drive to boost connectivity. Customers of a dozen banks in Singapore and Indonesia will now be able to make payments to merchants in both countries by scanning QR codes, Bank Indonesia and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said in a joint statement.
Click to read: https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2023/11/17/singapore-and-indonesia-launch-cross-border-qr-code-payments.html.
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