Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Southeast Asia can’t afford to meddle with nuclear energy Another large electricity provider has decided to abandon the nuclear option. Duke Energy Corp announced it was […]
TPP 11: What will Vietnam do? After the US withdrew from TPP in January, other countries moved ahead with new negotiation rounds for a TPP 11. — VietnamNet Bridge Are Vietnamese manufacturers afraid of Thai […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN manufacturing PMI down to 50.3 in September The Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, or PMI, decreased marginally in September, but signaled a further improvement […]
In Vietnam, corruption can mean death. But so what? Unless the day-to-day corruption that affects the masses is rooted out, any anti-graft drive would be just cosmetic, analysts say. — VnExpress Ministry’s historic move eliminates […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu RCEP the grand blueprint of Xi Jinping’s world trade game During the five years between the 18th and 19th Chinese Communist Party congresses, President Xi Jinping […]
MoIT removes regulations on steel quality management The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has promulgated Circular 18/2-17/TT-BCT to remove some regulations on managing the quality of locally produced and imported steel. — Bizhub Hau […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN LNG DEMAND SEEN AT 35MN MT/YR BY 2020 Along with south Asian nations like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) […]
Vietnam finance ministry unit proposes taking over brewers’ privatisation plans A unit at Vietnam’s finance ministry has proposed taking over privatization plans for top brewers Sabeco and Habeco if the trade ministry fails to publish […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN to push ‘clean’ coal technologies THE 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are aiming to “enhance the image of coal” […]
Vietnamese economy to grow 6.3 pct this year: ADB Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow 6.3 percent in 2017, compared with the target of 6.7 percent set by the country’s top legislature […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Lazada expands Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace in Southeast Asia Online retailer Lazada Group said it will sell select items from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Taobao marketplace in […]
Bank Case Reveals Vietnam’s Continued Corruption Problems The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security recently began investigating three companies under the state-owned gas and oil group PetroVietnam. — VOA 4.0 industrial revolution yet to make impact […]