Infrastructure is a crucial contributing factor to the growth of an emerging market, and Myanmar is making steady progress on this front, improving the quality of infrastructure available across the country. According to Myanmar’s Ministry of Construction (MOC), state and regional governments spent approximately US$...
Malaysian Authorities have dropped all criminal charges against Goldman Sachs Group units post the US$ 3.9 billion settlement agreement with the bank in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad or 1MDB scandal. As part of the deal, Goldman has paid US$ 2.5 billion in cash...
The downstream countries through which the River Mekong runs have been facing hardships on account of the reduced flow of water in the last two years. Mekong River Commission (MRC), which groups Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam has urged China to share water management data...
As the largest investor in Indonesia, Singapore is of tremendous importance to the Indonesian economy. In the first quarter of 2020, realised investments from Singapore totalled US$ 2.7 billion, according to data from the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board. As such, a reciprocal green lane allowing...
The tourism industry has had a suboptimal year to say the least, with travel restrictions across the globe crippling its ability to generate revenue. But holiday plans may not have to be put on hold for too long, especially if one is travelling within Cambodia....
Singapore has retained the top spot as Asia-Pacific's most innovative nation in the latest Global Innovation Index, seven years back to back. The annual index - released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Cornell University and Insead - ranks 131 economies according to their capacity for,...
The European Union-Vietnam trade agreement, which became effective on August 1,2020, is historic because it’s the most comprehensive trade agreement the EU has concluded with a developing country ever. While the immediate effect of the entry into force of the trade agreement is that goods from...
August 17 was a special Independence Day for Indonesia, the largest country in ASEAN. The archipelago nation celebrated the 75th anniversary of its independence from colonial Dutch rule. And rather than dwell on the fears and uncertainties around the global Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesian President Joko...
Even as several countries in Southeast Asia grapple with high Covid19 infection rates and some brace for second waves of the virus, research and development around the vaccine has become important. And with the race to find the vaccine hotting up around the world; vaccine...
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