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Top News Headlines In Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Aug 15, 2025

Chinese companies are exploring investment potential in Cambodia's timber plantation and textile manufacturing sectors. A business delegation from Beijing City and Anhui Province held talks with the Council for the Development of Cambodia to know more about investment opportunities. Cambodian First Lady Dr Pich Chanmony Hun Manet was awarded the 'Smile Asia Philanthropic Visionary Award' in Singapore for her work in promoting children's healthcare. She received the award at the 'Smile Asia Charity Gala 2025' event. EXPERTS TO REFORM STATE-OWNED ENTITIES -- VIENTIANE TIMES Lao will rely on Vietnamese expertise to overhaul its state-owned enterprises to improve their performance. Vietnam will share its skills in reforming and restructuring government-owned business, which includes legal frameworks, management, capital mobilisation and investment management. STRENGTHEN 70 YEARS OF TIES -- VIENTIANE TIMES Laos and the Philippines will mark their 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations by focusing on improving economic ties. The two ASEAN members pledged to cooperate across clean energy, agriculture, trade, investment and tourism sectors. MYANMAR INVITES ASEAN MEMBERS TO INVEST IN ENERGY SECTOR -- THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Resource-rich Myanmar is inviting ASEAN member states to invest in its energy sector. The government also expressed its electricity needs based on the ASEAN Power Grid Financing Facility project to be implemented before 2045. 2.'BLOOMING LANCANG-MEKONG HERITAGE' FILMING BEGINS -- THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR A Chinese television production team will begin filming a documentary titled 'Blooming Lancang-Mekong Heritage' to highlight Myanmar's development achievements. The documentary will also feature other Lancang-Mekong region countries' achievements. THE PHILIPPINES 1.'Habagat' continues to dampen PH SINGAPORE CALL FOR STRONGER MANAGEMENT RULES IN AGEING CONDOS, BUT SEEK TO AVOID BEING OVERBURDENED -- THE STRAITS TIMES At one 48-year-old private housing estate in Upper Thomson Road, the signs of deterioration are clear. 2.'GIVE YOU MONEY, YOU DON'T WANT?': 3 IN 4 OLDER PLATFORM WORKERS YET TO OPT IN FOR HIGHER CPF CONTRIBUTIONS -- CNA Private-hire driver Lincoln Khoo chose to take up the higher Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions for platform workers 'because CPF is also my money, so might as well opt in to get more income'. THAILAND 1. THAI CENTRAL BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE AMID ECONOMIC HEADWINDS -- THE NATION In a unanimous decision, Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to cut the policy interest rate by 0.25%, bringing it down from 1.75% to 1.50%. 2. PAETONGTARN SUBMITS DEFENCE -- BANGKOK POST Suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has submitted her defence to the Constitutional Court, in which she claimed the remarks she made in the leaked recording of her conversation with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen were part of her negotiating technique -- not an improper offer of favours. VIETNAM BANK UPDATE OVER 120 MILLION ACCOUNTS -- VIETNAMPLUS Vietnam's banking sector verified individual and corporate accounts linked to digital channels to ensure payment security. The State Bank of Vietnam updated more than 120 million individual records and over 1.2 million organisations' accounts. 2. VIETNAM-THAILAND SHARE ANTI-NARCOTIC TIPS -- VIETNAM NEWS The 17th Vietnam–Thailand Bilateral Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation was held in Hanoi. Officials shared experience in implementing drug rehabilitation, drug forensics, combating and preventing crimes, and tracing the origins of drugs. -- BERNAMA BERNAMA provides up-to-date authentic and comprehensive news and information which are disseminated via BERNAMA Wires; BERNAMA TV on Astro 502, unifi TV 631 and MYTV 121 channels and BERNAMA Radio on FM93.9 (Klang Valley), FM107.5 (Johor Bahru), FM107.9 (Kota Kinabalu) and FM100.9 (Kuching) frequencies. Follow us on social media : Facebook : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatv, @bernamaradio Twitter : @ @BernamaTV, @bernamaradio Instagram : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatvofficial, @bernamaradioofficial TikTok : @bernamaofficial