Malaysia may have to pass a law forcing its companies to tackle fires on land they control abroad, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on September 18 as forest fires in Indonesia spread haze across the region.
Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar said on September 13 that some forest fires in its territory had started on land used by subsidiaries of Malaysian companies.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in an interview granted to Vietnamese press during his ongoing visit to Vietnam that Malaysia looks forward to enhancing the strategic partnership with Vietnam in a tangible way so that both countries will benefit.
Malaysia and Sri Lanka have agreed to intensify cooperation in monitoring the waters between the two countries, said Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail on August 30.
Malaysia sends a strong signal of the country’s commitment towards an open and liberal trading system following the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Chile on March 8.
Vietnam and Malaysia have agreed to increase visits at all levels and through all channels along with exchanges between their citizens in order to advance the bilateral strategic partnership.
About 170 Malaysian companies attended a seminar on investment in Vietnam and opportunities offered by the equitisation process of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) held in Kuala Lumpur on November 24.
The Malaysian Government said on July 21 that it will fully work with any lawful investigation after US prosecutors started to seize over 1 billion USD in assets related to the “1MDB fund”.
Malaysia’s National Security Council (NSC) has proposed introducing visas for visitors from the Middle East in order to prevent the entry of Islamic State (IS) militants into the country.
Construction of the Hai Dương-Vietnam thermo power plant officially kicked off on March 27 in Hai Duong province’s Phuc Thanh commune after a five-year delay.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will boost Malaysia’s furniture exports as trade among member states, especially the US, increases, according to the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation
The Malaysian National Export Council (NEC) agreed six strategies to drive exports, focusing on the adoption of e-commerce by small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the year-end will not impact Malaysia ’s industrialised building system (IBS), said economist Joseph Incalcaterra from the HSBC.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hailed the recent completion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement by 12 member states as a "very big win” for Australia.
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