It’s common to see roads in Shan State full of trucks loaded with vegetables. The state produces 60 percent of all vegetables consumed within the coun…
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East Asia hopes to learn from China’s poverty alleviation strategy
In December 2016, China launched the pilot project of East Asia Poverty Reduction Cooperation (EAPRC). It’s a key element of China-led cooperati…
ADB maintains robust growth outlook for Bangladesh
Bangladesh is expected to grow robustly in 2019 and 2020 riding on domestic consumption and strong remittance earnings, said the Asian Development Ban…
ADB maintains robust growth outlook for Bangladesh
Bangladesh is expected to grow robustly in 2019 and 2020 riding on domestic consumption and strong remittance earnings, said the Asian Development Ban…
Demand for palm-oil to stay healthy, Malaysian inventory to trend downward
Demand for palm-oil has been projected by Affin Hwang Investment Bank Bhd (AffinHwang Capital) to stay healthy while Malaysian palm-oil inventory is s…
Commodity Market Report – 2 Dec 2019
Gold prices have been trading in narrow sideways trend and exhibited a recovery on Friday. This week, the trend might move into a recovery while Dolla…
Weekly RUBBER Report – 2 Dec 2019
Market Fundamentals: The Dollar Index (USDX) behaved firm last week but topped off 98.50 level on Friday. Rubber prices have been submerging last week…
Ayala to invest $1 B for energy projects
The energy investment platform of the Ayala Group will be investing $1 billion next year across five power markets that will include the Philippines, …
Malaysia: At the top of the Islamic digital world
For years, Malaysia has seen huge contributions to its GDP come from its burgeoning digital economy, with a prediction that 21% of the nation’s GDP wi…
Singapore set to become world’s first sustainable palm oil nation
Singapore could become the world’s first country to only use sustainable palm oil as part of a green push to tackle forest fires and air pollution bli…