The ASEAN economic and free trade bloc NIKKEI Group and ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) noted that the next 5 years are crucial for ASEAN digitizing trade and economy. “Next five years is a cruc…
Qatar, Malaysia eye investment ties in agriculture, hospitality, energy
The Qatar-Malaysian Business Council held a virtual meeting Tuesday wherein both parties discussed partnerships and investment opportunities in various sectors, such as agriculture, hospitality, oil a…
China-Laos railway set for 2 December opening after last rail welded
China Railway Group has laid the final 500m-long section of “seamless rails” on the 471km-long China-Laos railway in time for the project to meet its target opening on 2 December, the country’s nation…
India launches $3.5b incentives for green cars
India will splash 257 billion rupees ($3.5 billion) on incentives for the auto sector to boost production of clean cars, the government said Wednesday, as it seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions as p…
Green Energy Solutions for the Future Industry of Indonesia
The President of Indonesia had unveiled a three-pronged strategy to boost Indonesia’s economic growth, providing insight into the direction of government policy for the remainder of his term. The gree…
Tourism and sustainable farming go hand in hand
The best way to help revive the economy, as well as medium and small scale businesses in retail and services, is for the 15 richest men in the country to declare a moratorium on rental spaces in their…
Hydropower-rich Laos pushes into crypto as it authorizes mining and trading
Laos has approved the mining and trading of cryptocurrencies in a policy shift by debt-bearing Southeast Asian countries. Crackdown on digital currency mining In China. Analysts said the move was a lo…
Southeast Asia has added 70 million online shoppers since the beginning of the pandemic, report finds
An estimated 70 million more people shopped online in six Southeast Asian countries since the pandemic began, according to a report from Facebook and Bain & Company. As governments encouraged peo…
With economies on the brink, South-east Asia chooses to reopen
Even as they struggle with one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks, nations across South-east Asia are slowly realising that they can no longer afford the economy-crippling restrictions need…
China opens purse to entice Asean after building new Myanmar rail line
China is unleashing its buying power to lure Myanmar, Singapore and rest of Asean (Association of South East Asian Nations) to its side within two weeks of inaugurating a rail-road linkage with Myanma…