When it came time to water her rice fields, farmer Im Heng used to have to lug a diesel-powered water pump across her property in Cambodia’s southern Takeo province. Along with being heavy, the machin…
Dedollarisation: Rupee continues global march as India, Indonesia in talks to settle trade in domestic currency
India and Indonesia announce launch of the “India – Indonesia Economic and Financial Dialogue” on sidelines of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gujarat. India and Indonesia …
Vietnam’s agriculture exports see recovery following China’s reopening
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1 Year Later, Sri Lanka’s Struggle Continues
Sri Lanka marked the first anniversary of the historical people’s uprising known as “Aragalaya,” meaning struggle, on July 9. A year ago, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, then resigned f…
Malaysia’s Anwar talks Tesla, Starlink with Elon Musk
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has held talks with billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk about investments in the Southeast Asian country. Anwar said on Friday he discussed the launch of electric c…
South East Asian countries try to head off climate change impact on agriculture, fishing
Countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia are being forced to take mitigatory measures to cushion the impact of global warming on agriculture and fishing sectors As global warming gains …
El Nino, India, and the risk of food shortage
For a phenomenon tenderly named after “little boy” in Spanish, the El Nino’s monstrous spectre presents a strange irony. Its return after seven years has brought the risk of both drought-like si…
SG, Cambodia launch Financial Transparency Corridor initiative
The initiative will facilitate increased collaboration between SMEs in the two markets. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) signed a Memorandum of Underst…
Could Bangladesh beat India to first offshore wind? Danes hatch $1bn plan
Global pioneers CIP and COP eye timescale as rapid as five years for 500MW project that could be first in South Asia Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has submitted a plan to th…
Foxconn to invest $250m in Vietnam to produce EV parts
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn plans to invest about $250 million to build two new plants in northern Vietnam, including one that will make components for electric vehicles. The factories wil…