Energy experts, environmental activists and energy entrepreneurs emphasised to go for renewable energy to recover the green economy of the country, as well as environmental and natural regeneration. T…
Cambodia’s rubber exports up 22 percent registers $383 million in revenue
Cambodia exported over 285,589 tonnes of dry rubber from January to November, up 22 percent year on year, according to latest figures released by the country’s General Department of Rubber. With an av…
Chinese firms step up investments in climate-friendly power projects in Southeast Asia as costs fall, policy shifts
Chinese companies and financiers, the biggest backers of coal power plants globally, are stepping up their investments in Southeast Asia’s renewable power sector, thanks to the falling costs of clean …
ASEAN’s strategies to address new normal
As policymakers prepare to intervene and industries consider changes to their business models, the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulus packages offer the Association of Southeast Asian Nations a once-in-a-…
Vietnam digital development among the fastest in the world
Vietnam is ranked fifth in the world for digital evolution momentum by the 2020 Digital Intelligence Index (DII). The “Digital In The Time Of Covid” study conducted by the Tufts University…
How Myanmar could benefit from cryptocurrencies
Last week Bitcoin, the original and most prominent cryptocurrency, broke through the all-time highs of around $20,000 per coin. After crashing to just $5,200 in March, the digital currency increased b…
Oil holds above $50/barrel on U.S. stocks draw, Brexit deal hopes
Oil prices edged down on Thursday but were holding well above $50 per barrel in light holiday trade as a drop in U.S. stockpiles spurred demand hopes, while hints of an imminent Brexit deal underpinne…
Brexit deal anticipation fuels stocks and sterling
Stocks rallied and the British pound gained on Thursday as Britain and the European Union closed in on a free trade deal and investors wagered on a global economic recovery. Britain and the EU were ha…
Renewables offer savings for Philippine small islands
Shifting to renewables in small islands and isolated areas can provide cheap, reliable energy to more than half of the Philippine population or around 50 million people, says a new report by the US-ba…
PM Muhyiddin announces six-prong plan to revive Malaysia’s tourism, create special investment zones
The National Tourism Policy (DPN) 2020-2030 launched by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today aims to restore and preserve the country’s tourism industry to once again make Malaysia a preferre…