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Circular No. 37/2005 / TT-BLDTBXH Working Guide for Labor Safety and Hygiene
This Circular applies to enterprises, agencies, organizations, and individuals employing laborers, including: a. Enterprises of all economic sectors; b. Individual production ...
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Decree No. 163/1999/ND-CP of November 16, 1999 on Assigning and leasing forestry land to organizations, households and individuals for stable and long-term use for forestrial purposes
This Decree provides for the assignment of forestry land by the State to organizations, households and individuals for stable and long-term use in the form of land assignment wi...
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Circular No. 04/2004/TT-BCA Guiding Implementation of the Government's Decree No. 35/2003/ND-CP, Detailing the Implementation of a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting
On April 04, 2003, the Government issued Decree No. 35/2003 / ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting. For uniform ...
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Tobacco giant Philip Morris faces S$3.15 billion fine in Thailand for tax evasion
Article about tobacco giant Philip Morris’ operations and allegations over tax disputes in the Kingdom of Thailand.
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From the Tiger to the Crocodile: Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand
The thousands of migrant workers from Burma, Cambodia, and Laos who cross the border into Thailand each year trade near-certain poverty at home for the possibility of relative p...
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Transfer Pricing Loopholes Likely to be Closed Soon
Among tax-avoidance methods, transfer pricing is the most controversial. While it is never acceptable to the Revenue Department, it has become pervasive and more complicated. Th...
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New Transfer Pricing Rule Getting Needed Adjustment
Bangkok Post article about Thai government’s attempt to amend the transfer pricing rule.
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Illegal Logging and Related Trade – Indicators of the Assessment Findings: Thailand
This summarizes Thailand 2013 Assessment Findings. More than half of Thailand’s wood demand is met by imports, and of these 20% is estimated to have been illegally sourced. Howe...
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Efficacy of Removing Natural Forests from Timber Production as a Strategy for Conserving Forests
Several countries of the Asia-Pacific region have imposed total or partial logging bans (or similar restrictions on timber harvesting) in response to the rapid decline of natura...
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International Protection for Siam Rosewood Begins
As international UN trade restrictions on endangered Siam rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) came into effect (June 12, 2013), the London-based Environmental Investigation Age...
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Good Day for Rosewoods as Species Get More Protection
September 29 has proved to be a major day for forests as 183 countries at the CITES 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) agreed to boost protection for dalbergia rosewoods. Th...
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Impacts and Effectiveness of Logging Bans in Natural Forests: Thailand
At the seventeenth session the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC), member countries requested FAO to implement a study of the efficacy of removing natural forests from timb...
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Myanmar Forest Information and Data (2011 Update)
According to the U.N. FAO, 48.3% or about 31,773,000 ha of Myanmar is forested, according to FAO. Of this 10.0% ( 3,192,000 ) is classified as primary forest, the most biodivers...
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Policy and legislation on climate change in Vietnam
The article quotes some extracts from a report of Mr. Truong Duc Tri, Deputy Director of Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change - Ministry of Natural Resources ...
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Worldwide Governance Indicators - Myanmar 1996-2016
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) are a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert ...
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Explaining the cause of extremely hot record in Hanoi within 46 years
Deputy General Director of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Center said that comparing with the suburbs, the temperature in the urban Hanoi is 0.5-3 degrees Celsius ...
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Ministry of Energy and Mines: Department of Energy Business; Power Projects Laos
This website lists the existing IPP Hydropower Projects MOU's and the 20 Project Development Agreements issued by the Laos Ministry of Energy and Mines.
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Lao PDR to Strengthen Road Systems and Improve Connectivity
This press release is about the US $25 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Lao PDR strengthen its road maintenance systems and improve ro...
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Transfer Pricing
International business transactions have increased dramatically over the years. Investment has increasingly expanded at an unprecedented rate in many countries. These internati...
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A Disharmonious Trade: China and the Continued Destruction of Burma’s Northern Frontier Forests
This is the third in a series of reports on illegal logging in Burma. It is based on field research carried out between 2005 and 2009 in Kachin State, along the Burma-China bord...