Laos has announced plans to partially reopen its borders to foreign visitors on January 1, despite the rising fears that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will set off fresh waves of infection across th…
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IFC Promotes Waste-to-Energy Solutions as Vietnam Shifts to a Low-carbon Economy
As Vietnam accelerates efforts to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, IFC is providing a $30 million financing package to fund the construction of a waste-to-energy plant in Bac Ninh province. Th…
Bangladesh at 50: On the Path to Becoming a Middle Power
Bangladesh at 50 is a transformed Asian tiger that is looking to build on its ambition of exerting more power in regional and global politics. A string of economic successes – especially its forthcomi…
ADB raises 2022 forecast for Bangladesh
The Asian Development Bank has raised the 2022 forecast for Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, exports and imports grew more than projected in the ADB’s 2021 update thanks to a surge in global demand fo…
Vietnam car company Vingroup starts work on $174m EV battery plant
Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate Vingroup said on Sunday it had started building a $174 million battery cell plant for its VinFast electric vehicles business so the company can own its battery sup…
The economics of a new China-Laos train line
On December 3rd, at long last, a portion of those aspirations was realised. A high-speed rail line connecting Kunming to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, was opened after five years of construction. Th…
Opportunities for ASEAN’s recovery after the pandemic
Two senior diplomats talk with VietNamNet about the topic “ASEAN recovers after the pandemic”. In response to ASEAN 2021, VietNamNet talks with former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ph…
Golden Rice is a Philippine lifesaver
As the Philippines slowly loosens its COVID-19 protocols, it has become necessary to address other important issues that emerged, or were exacerbated, during our extended lockdown. This is particularl…
Intel to Spend $7 Billion on Big Malaysia Chipmaking Expansion
Intel Corp. is spending $7 billion to build a new chip packaging facility in Malaysia, a major Asian investment intended to address endemic global semiconductor shortages at a time Washington is advoc…
Bangladesh now a digital economy: Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh has now become a digital economy and the country is now a role model of development to the world. “Information technology is changing day by d…