Celebrating a decade of honoring young scientists, APEC is now accepting nominations for the 2020 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education, or ASPIRE, which spotlights cross-border in…
AIIB to Invest in Emergency Public Health Infrastructure in China
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced today it has been in active discussions with the Government of China to strengthen the country’s emergency public health infrastructure. Subje…
Smart-grid plan aims to make Thailand the electricity hub of Asean
The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) is continuing with the phased smart-grid plan from 2017-21, aiming to make Thailand the electricity hub of Asean and creating new business for energy produ…
Bangladesh: Focus on harnessing blue economy’s potential
The proposed marine fisheries act has focused on the blue economy with incorporating a number of issues including mariculture. Its new provision will also empower the government to check illegal, unre…
Cambodia: Malaysian company to invest in bamboo sector
Malaysia-based Lipp Engineering Sdn Bhd has announced plans to build a bamboo processing plant in the Kingdom to ship bio-oil and bamboo fibre abroad. The company has asked the government to grant it …
Liberian Rubber Farmers Urged to Add Value to Product
The newly-elected president of the Rubber Planters Association of Liberia (RPAL), Wihelmina G. Mulbah-Siaway, has stressed the need for rubber farmers in the country to increase their holdings and add…
Rubber price drops as coronavirus outbreak disrupts exports to China
Producers are beginning to feel the pinch as the price of rubber, a key Indonesian export commodity, has dropped sharply in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The price of rubber fell from Rp 9,200…
Coronavirus drags down commodity prices as demand from China drops
Prices for commodities from natural rubber to coal have plunged in February because of decreasing demand from China, where the new coronavirus outbreak is expected to further drag down prices. The cha…
Malaysia relies on sustainable palm oil to keep entry into European market
Malaysia is to send a delegation to Europe by the end of February to present its newly adopted measures to make palm oil production sustainable, in a move that aims to circumvent a progressive Europea…
Narrative of Bangladesh has changed for the better
The narrative of Bangladesh has changed from ‘basket case’ to a ‘development surprise’, but achieving sustainable socioeconomic progress in future will prove to be increasingly difficult without huge …