Philippine tourism is undergoing a paradigm shift towards sustainability on an unprecedented scale, beginning with Boracay and extending to more desti…
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Malaysia says still open to filing WTO suit against EU on palm oil
Malaysia has not abandoned an option to file a World Trade Organization (WTO) suit against European Union (EU) restrictions on palm oil-based biofuel,…
Asean reels as Chinese stay home
Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: South-East Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Ch…
Asean Today – Jan 2020
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Building an information bridge for Nepal’s farmers
Watch on Youtube. In this space over the past three months, we have profiled successful entrepreneurs from various arenas of business. All have in com…
This tech startup is improving yields for farmers in rural Myanmar
For many farmers in rural Myanmar, Facebook embodies the internet. With scarce availability of WiFi, they often reserve their mobile data usage for th…
ADB, European Union, and ASEAN Countries Partner to Boost Green Infrastructure
The European Union (EU) announced today it is preparing to support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Catalytic Green Finance Facilit…
Tower Hamlets gets first ‘rubber road’ in London
Tower Hamlets has become the first borough in London to build a road made partly from old recycled tyres. Tower Hamlets Council worked with Tarmac to …
Sri Lanka’s first agriculture-based app to run on Microsoft Azure
Govipola, the cloud-based mobile app designed to facilitate direct selling platforms for fruit and vegetable farmers—a move aimed at cutting out middl…
Wind power can help Sri Lanka reach renewable energy target – Narayana
Sri Lanka can achieve more than half of the renewable energy target for 2030 by using windmills to generate electricity, a Moratuwa University Profess…