A resounding yes to “Hope in agriculture” (Editorial, 5/24/20). As a country with vast untapped agricultural lands and abundant bodies of water, we need to revive the agriculture sector. And this glob…
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Asean Today – May 2020
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Economists back Bangladesh budget reboot for coronavirus recovery
It should draw up plans for a new financial blueprint to develop the health sector, broaden the tax net and reduce income inequality for the recovery, they suggested. The budget session of parliament …
Malaysia in good position to benefit from Japan’s stimulus package: Ambassador
Asean member states, particularly Malaysia, will be in good position to reap benefits from Japan’s economic stimulus package due to its close proximity to Japan economically and historically, besides …
Laos attracts US$37bil in investment since opening up
The Laos government has approved more than 6,000 investment projects with combined funding of around US$37 billion since the introduction of the market-oriented economy and opening up to the world in …
Vietnam has squashed coronavirus curve, likely to recover economy too
Vietnam’s success in dealing with the pandemic has been attributed to some decisive, but tough steps which it enforced without dithering like some of its neighbours in ASEAN. These measures included a…
Laos attracts investment of about 37 bln USD since opening up: official data
The Lao government has approved more than 6,000 investment projects with combined funding of around 37 billion U.S. dollars since the introduction of the market-oriented economy and opening up to the …
India Becomes Transportation Highway Center of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Much has been made of recent Indian regulatory issues being anti-China investment in tone. However, they failed to read the small print. India is in fact the current largest recipient of announced Chi…
Sri Lanka to focus on high-spending tourists to revive tourism
Colombo: Sri Lanka will target high-spending tourists to revive the tourism sector which has been shattered by the coronavirus pandemic, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said. Widespread travel restri…
How Are Countries Reopening? Firsthand Reports From Around the World
Leave it to the Germans to come up with a sinuous, unpronounceable, and entirely perfect word to describe the slew of debates over how and when to reopen economies locked down due to the coronavirus: …