Vietnam’s carbon market can benefit from this growing demand, providing lucrative investment opportunities in carbon credit projects. Companies in developed countries might seek carbon credits from Vi…
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China’s evolving Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia
As the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) enters its second decade, Beijing seems focused on filling in the fine details of the project’s ambitious outline, first announced by President Xi Jinping in 2013…
IMF chief concerned world facing weakest prospects for medium-term growth in decades
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Friday that she is concerned the world is facing the weakest prospects for medium-term growth in decades, which is at …
Asean and the Middle East: Deepening ties to unlock economic and trade opportunities
AT A time of increasing trade turbulence, economic diversification has become a dominant theme. Against this backdrop, the Asean-Middle East corridor is gaining in prominence as the two regions enjoy …
The Bay of Bengal should be an economic superpower
IT IS THE biggest bay on Earth—so big that five countries define the Bay of Bengal’s rim, among them India, the biggest country in the world by population, and Bangladesh, the eighth most populous. As…
French energy firm to put up renewable projects in Mindanao
Two provinces and one city in Mindanao are expected to have a stable power supply after a French energy firm formally signified intention to put up renewable energy projects in the form of green hydro…
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…