Vietnam eyes $2.4 bln upgrade to all civilian airports Vietnam’s airport operator has recommended a VND56.7 trillion ($2.4 billion) upgrade of 16 of the 21 civilian airports in the country. — VnExpress New decree removes […]
Asean morning news Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Trade risks loom over Asean FDI in-flow, but the US and Japan likely to stay top investors for now: HSBC economists The United States and Japan […]
Over 87,000 enterprises established in first eight months Vietnam saw the establishment of 87,448 new enterprises in the first eight months of 2018, with a total capital of more than VND878 trillion (US$37.8 billion), up […]
Asean morning news Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu The Bangkok Declaration and the birth of Asean (video) As Thailand prepares to take over the Asean Chair for its 52nd year, state-owned broadcaster NBT World […]
Take a sneak peek inside Vietnam’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway (video) Hanoi’s long, long, long overdue ‘skytrain’ looks like it might finally be nearing completion, with engineers running empty “test trains” loaded with monitoring […]
Asean morning news Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Bangkok conference seeks to build inter-continental cooperation in suppressing wildlife trade and trafficking Cooperation among three major continents where illicit wildlife trades and trafficking are still […]
Vietnam’s North-South high-speed railway to cost over US$58 billion For a total length of 1,545 kilometers (km), the line which links Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City would stop at 20 cities and provinces. — […]
Asean morning news Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Where will Yangon fall on the Krispy Kreme Asean Price Index? Hot on the heels of Krispy Kreme’s 81st birthday celebration in July, the American doughnut […]
Vietnam sees potential for massive shrimp processing sector Experts outline factors holding back sector’s ‘vast’ potential at industry conference. — Intrafish Foreign investors interested in wind power development Foreign investors have shown considerable interest in […]
Asean morning news Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Southeast Asia’s seed investors evolve in era of ‘mega’ fundraising Southeast Asia is seeing a rush of fundraising by local startups driven by “megarounds” worth more […]
Locals boycott thermal power projects as electricity shortages loom The electricity outages that occurred in the dry season may return and become even more serious as provincial authorities do not want to build more thermal […]
Asean morning news Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Chinese tourist numbers surge as overseas travel becomes easier Mainland Chinese tourists made more than 71.3 million trips outside their country in the first half of […]