China’s gains in Myanmar divert US attention from human rights It was China that supported Myanmar once it had been under Western sanctions for roughly twenty years. China helped build power stations and roads across […]
Vietnam Renewable Energy Week 2019: electricity transition in spotlight The energy transition enables Vietnam to move toward a greener country as the country pursues sustainable development. — The Hanoitimes Vietnam receives first benefits of CPTPP […]
Malaysia de-industrialising too soon, too fast, says Guan Eng The finance minister says the manufacturing sector is being replaced by the low-value traditional services sector. — FMT News Putrajaya buys surveillance aircraft to map Sarawak […]
600,000 Rohingya still in Myanmar at ‘serious risk of genocide’: UN Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a serious risk of genocide, UN investigators said on Monday (Sep 16), warning the repatriation of a […]
Vietnam’s state budget collection up 12.4 pct in 8 months Vietnam posted budget collection of 997.6 trillion Vietnamese dong (43.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the first eight months of this year, up 12.4 percent on-year, […]
‘Very unhealthy’ air quality in various parts of Malaysia, including Putrajaya Putrajaya was one of the five places in Malaysia where the air quality was registered as very unhealthy as of 9am on Monday (Sep […]
Myanmar’s rubber exports exceed target for 2018-19 Myanmar exported 192,980 tons of rubber worth of 247.56 million U.S. dollars in the first 11 months from October to August of the present fiscal year 2018-19 , […]
Complete Hanoi, HCMC airport runway repairs by November: government The government has directed that runways and taxiways at the Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat airports be completed by November. — VnExpress Disbursement rate of […]
Malaysia to write to Asean secretariat on need to formulate trans-boundary haze law Malaysia will send a letter to the Asean Secretariat on the need to formulate and enforce a uniform trans-boundary haze law across […]
Myanmar banks look to consolidation through better governance Consolidation can be expected in Myanmar’s overcrowded banking sector, aided by improved corporate governance and central bank directives as well as a cleaning up of loan books, […]
Ministry asks for gov’t funding for upgrading int’l airport runways The Ministry of Transport has asked the government to consider allocating capital for the upgrade of runways at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international […]
Petronas wants govt to provide incentives for maritime industry to promote cleaner fuel Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) hopes to convince the government to provide incentives as a move to support the utilisation of cleaner fuels […]