In what were once wild jungle and palm oil plantations in southern Malaysia, the likes of TikTok, Nvidia and Microsoft are racing to install the building blocks of the digital economy: data centres. B…
Malaysia gets India’s backing in fight against anti-palm oil campaign
Malaysia has secured the backing of India, the world’s largest palm oil importer, in combating the anti-palm oil campaign propagated by Western nations. At a roundtable in New Delhi yesterday attended…
Laos plans to boost sustainable agriculture
Vientiane, July 17 Laos will carry out a green and sustainable agriculture demonstration project in 10 northern provinces of Laos, aiming to improve the quality of agricultural produce and develop agr…
Indonesia and US seal $35 million coral reef debt swap
Indonesia will commit to reef restoration while local non-profit groups will use conservation fund money to support projects that directly benefit reef ecosystems as well as sustainable livelihoods fo…
How Is Cambodia Attracting Foreign Investment?
We are past the halfway mark in 2024, and diversifying the range of international investment into Cambodia has been a key shift of the government under Prime Minister Hun Manet and part of the Pentago…
Bangladesh prefers India over China in $1 billion river project
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government would prefer neighboring India execute a $1 billion river development project, a move that would soothe New Delhi’s security concerns. “Chin…
Bangladesh’s Tough Tightrope Walk Between India and China
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to China to Dhaka on July 8-10 was her fifth to that country and her first in five years. The China visit came close on the heels of her recent visits t…
Why global tech giants consider Vietnam but choose to invest elsewhere
According to its recent report to the government, after Vietnam started applying the global minimum tax of 15% in January, many multinationals operating or planning to enter the country sought financi…
Sri Lanka’s Debt Restructuring Deal: Economic Relief or Creditor Windfall?
Close on the heels of agreements with key bilateral lenders, the Sri Lankan government last week announced that it has reached debt restructuring agreements with commercial creditors (those who have b…
Philippines on track with nuclear energy targets
Households may soon be powered by nuclear energy as the Philippines gears up for the safe utilization of nuclear energy for power generation, according to Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla. Lotilla sai…