Sustainable infrastructure investments are becoming the norm and enabling stable economic and social growth in Việt Nam, Nirukt Sapru, CEO, Vietnam and ASEAN & South Asia Cluster Markets at Stand…
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Indonesia: Getting data centers ready for booming digital economy
Southeast Asia (SEA) has clinched the top spot globally as the mobile economy hot spot, taking over giant economies like China. This is due to the growth in smartphone penetration in this region, whic…
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Electricity Reform to Light Up Myanmar’s Economy
Businesses and the general public in Myanmar are divided on the recent bold policy move to hike electricity tariffs. But the big question is: how can the electricity reform contribute to the country’s…
Chinese firms sign 184-mln-USD deals to purchase goods from Laos
Chinese companies signed contracts worth 1.3 billion yuan (about 184 million U.S. dollars) to purchase goods, mainly agricultural products, from their Laos counterparts. The deals were signed as the 2…
Indonesia Looks to its Past to Solve Modern Energy Troubles
As a nation made up of 17,000 islands, one of Indonesia’s most challenging problems in the 21st century has been modernizing her electric grid. But now on the island of Siberut, some electricity-starv…
Xi: China wants US trade deal
China wants to reach an initial trade deal with the United States (US), President Xi Jinping said Friday, but is “not afraid” to fight back when necessary and will enact economic reforms a…
Singapore businesses see Myanmar as ‘potential gold mine’
Myanmar is a “potential gold mine” and the “last frontier for” investors despite its low ranking in ease of doing business, said a Singaporean investor at a business to business matchmaking event in e…
Turkey to invest in Bangladesh tourism: minister
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday said that Turkey showed interest to invest in the tourism sector of Bangladesh. Turkish cultural and tourism minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy expressed the co…
Malaysian firms explore supply, investment deals in Davao, other parts of Mindanao
Some 33 Malaysian companies and businesses are currently in discussions with their Mindanao counterparts for various business deals that would include supply contracts, partnerships and actual investm…