1,285 people involved in corruption with 999 billion kip lost Some 1,285 people have been found to be involved in corrupt practices, defrauding the government of 999 billion kip, a government inspection carried out in […]
Democracy shields Indonesia from Belt and Road fallout Beware the debt trap. Chinese workers are invading us. We are losing our sovereignty.These are some of the warnings that have emerged in the past month after […]
Gross international reserves rose to a 31-month high of $85b—BSP The country’s gross international reserves which serve as a buffer against external risks climbed to a 31-month high of $85.02 billion in May 2019, data […]
Lao trade figures struggle to reach target Laos’ combined exports and imports for this year are struggling to achieve the target after figures for the first four months of the year reached only 22.7 per […]
Indonesia Power Generation Market Boosted by High Electricity Demand; Market to Reach US$63.6 bn by 2022 The growing population and a subsequent increasing demand for energy are by far the leading factors propelling the Indonesia […]
Foreign investment pledges hit P46B in Q1 FOREIGN-INVESTMENT approvals saw a substantial increase in the first quarter of 2019, the government reported on Thursday, with four investment-promotion agencies (IPA) recording growth in the period. — […]
Lao gov’t steps up electricity trade with neighboring countries Lao government has agreed to conduct a feasibility study on electricity trading and hydropower exchanges with neighboring countries to boost cooperation in the energy sector, local […]
Indonesia drafts Personal Data Protection Act Protecting public strategic data is essential and that is going to be addressed by the drafting of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDP Bill). — OpenGov Minister Upbeat Q2 […]
Inflation snaps 6-month downtrend, rises 3.2% in May The rise in consumer prices picked up pace in May, snapping a six-month slowdown, as prices of food, housing, utilities and fuels accelerated, the Philippine Statistics Authority […]
A $7.64 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will see an additional 100-megawatt (MW) of solar power added to the Cambodia National Solar Park Project (CNSPP), pushing investment to more than $18 million. […]
Lao, Vietnamese PMs push for mega infrastructure projects Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc have called for the fulfilment of cooperation projects, notably mega infrastructure projects, during talks in Vietnam […]
US to sell 34 surveillance drones to Indonesia, allies in South China Sea region The Trump administration has moved ahead with a surveillance drone sale to four US allies in the South China Sea region […]