The Vietnamese military-run telecom group Viettel plans to roll out 5G technology in Laos by year-end. This is Vietnam’s third overseas launch of the service. The country aims to expand this list to f…
President Xi Jinping left Kathmandu after signing 20 projects to boost Nepali economy
Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) yesterday wound up two days of meetings in Nepal with separate deals for a rail link to Tibet and a tunnel, an official said, as the Himalayan nation seeks to end an…
Sustainable agriculture: Thinking beyond subsidies
Agriculture remains the mainstay of the Nepalis, hence making it sustainable is important. The conventional agricultural system, which was of a subsistence type, used pesticides on a large scale, whic…
India investing $60 billion gas grid to link up nation by 2024
India, one of the world’s largest consumers of oil and coal, is investing $60 billion to build a national gas grid and import terminals by 2024 in a bid to cut its carbon emissions, the oil minister s…
In new budget, Malaysia targets Chinese investments as tariff war rages on
Malaysia’s finance minister on Friday announced fresh incentives to lure foreign investors looking for safe havens in Asia amid the US-China trade war, as he unveiled a budget containing “pre-emptive”…
ASEAN’s Indo-Pacific ‘can reduce friction’
One of the roles of the newly launched ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific is to reduce frictions between members and partner countries, as well as tendencies to establish potential “new blocks…
Malaysian Green Technology Corporation Unveils 10th IGEM
The 10th International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia (IGEM 2019), targeting RM2.8 billion in business leads and 35,000 visitors from 35 countries, was officiated …
Felcra and Qatar’s Baladna to set up Malaysia’s largest dairy farm
Felcra Bhd and Baladna Food Industries WLL, Qatar’s largest dairy producer, aims to set up Malaysia’s largest dairy farm in the next two years, in line with the country’s National Food Security Policy…
Jokowi lauds RI-Netherlands cooperation over sustainable palm oil
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) commended the Dutch Government on cooperation over sustainable palm oil during a remark after a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Bogor Presidentia…
How to make EV viable within Asean
If there is a region that could use a mobility revolution, it is Southeast Asia. Much of the area grapples with persistent congestion, expanding environmental concerns, and surging oil demand to serve…