Trần Thị Bình, 60, who lives in Hà Nội, has no idea about the circular economy but now brings her canvas bag shopping instead of taking plastic bags from the supermarket. Vũ Lan Anh, 35, from HCM City…
Industry 4.0, disruptive technology and MAS Matrix: An example for way forward in Sri Lanka
Disruptive technology Technology has always been disruptive. When a new technology is introduced, it changes the way the humankind lives, behaves, earns, interacts and communicates. Some 10,000 years …
Myanmar aims to become seed exporter in next five or ten years
Myanmar is working to become a seed-exporting country in the next five or ten years, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. Dr. Ye Tin Tun, Director-General of the Agricul…
Indonesia’s Economy Grows—and So Does Its Global Appeal
Global firms such as Dentons, Norton Rose Fulbright and White & Case, as well as Big Four accounting firms KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, have in recent years formed alliances with Jakarta-base…
Broad Coalition to Ramp Up Food Safety in Myanmar
YANGON—Myanmar’s food safety advocacy groups plan to bring around 400 stakeholders from the food industry together to discuss food safety issues and challenges in the country. Myanmar Innovative Life …
5G will add US$147 billion in value to Asean industries by 2025: Report
SOUTH-EAST Asia’s services sectors could get the greatest lift from digitalisation by fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology, a new report from consultancy A.T. Kearney has said. The region is headed…
Malaysia needs US$8 billion investment to achieve 20% renewable energy target by 2025
In 2018, Malaysia announced that it had set a target of 20% renewable energy in its generation mix by 2025. The Southeast Asian nation, which is mainly powered by thermal power plants, recorded a two …
Worst is likely over for rubber glovemakers
KUCHING: Despite the weak set of results for the second quarter of 2019 (2Q19), analysts believe that the worst is likely over for the rubber glove sector. Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd’s research a…
HCM City eyes smart tourism development
HCM CITY — Smart tourism needs to be a component of HCM City’s smart city master plan, its Party Committee secretary has said. Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, speaking at an international conference on smart touri…
Southeast Asia’s largest solar farm begins operations in southern Vietnam
A 420 MW solar power project, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, has officially started production in Tay Ninh. The inauguration of the Dau Tieng Solar Power Complex, a joint venture between V…