The Laos government has approved more than 6,000 investment projects with combined funding of around US$37 billion since the introduction of the market-oriented economy and opening up to the world in …
Vietnam has squashed coronavirus curve, likely to recover economy too
Vietnam’s success in dealing with the pandemic has been attributed to some decisive, but tough steps which it enforced without dithering like some of its neighbours in ASEAN. These measures included a…
Taiwan’s Representative Vows to Help Myanmar Build Capacity to Fight COVID-19
It has been nearly two months since Myanmar detected its first case of COVID-19. As of Thursday, the country had reported 181 cases with six deaths. The government continues to implement significant m…
Malaysia signs record rice deal with India
Malaysia has agreed to import a record 100,000 tonnes of rice from India for shipment this month and next, in a further sign of improving trade relations between the countries after a diplomatic spat.…
It Is Time to Invest in India’s Clean Energy Future
As India prepares to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is proposing several measures to get the economy back on track. A huge strategic opportunity lies in investing in clean energy t…
India Becomes Transportation Highway Center of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Much has been made of recent Indian regulatory issues being anti-China investment in tone. However, they failed to read the small print. India is in fact the current largest recipient of announced Chi…
Sri Lanka to focus on high-spending tourists to revive tourism
Colombo: Sri Lanka will target high-spending tourists to revive the tourism sector which has been shattered by the coronavirus pandemic, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said. Widespread travel restri…
How Are Countries Reopening? Firsthand Reports From Around the World
Leave it to the Germans to come up with a sinuous, unpronounceable, and entirely perfect word to describe the slew of debates over how and when to reopen economies locked down due to the coronavirus: …
How Will International Tourism Fare After The Pandemic?
The number of international tourist arrivals could plunge by 60 to 80 percent in 2020 owing to the coronavirus, the World Tourism Organization said Thursday, revising its previous forecast sharply low…
Infrastructure before Implementation: A road map to e-learning in Nepal
With the current Covid-19 crisis forcing everyone to be locked inside homes, it has halted almost every industry from aviation to hospitality and education. The degree of impact caused by the virus is…