According to the center, Thailand now is the biggest trade partner of Vietnam in ASEAN. Total export and import turnover between the two countries made up about 30% of Vietnam’s total import-export ... ( read original story ...)
PH to double financial inclusion, hit digital payment goal ahead of 2023 schedule – Diokno
The number of Filipinos with bank, electronic money, or other digital transaction accounts will likely double by the end of 2022 – earlier than the 2023 financial inclusion ... ( read original story ...)
Philippine court upholds open-pit mining ban in Mindanao
A court in the Philippines has dealt another setback to the company looking to mine Southeast Asia’s largest untapped deposits of copper and gold, ruling to uphold a ban on the type of destructive ... ( read original story ...)
Not just per capita GDP, Bangladesh outpaces India on key social indicators too
Bangladesh has made substantial progress in several social indicators, including education, sanitation and health. ( read original story ...)
Lack of finance forces Bangladesh to consider shelving coal
Chinese and Japanese investors have lost interest in funding coal projects due to high costs, pushing the country towards natural gas – which will do little to solve problems of overcapacity, expensiv ... ( read original story ...)
“Don’t Be In Data Denial”: Red Flag For India As China GDP Data Out
On a day when data on China's growth, with its economy growing at 4.9 per cent on-year in the third quarter, was released, economists highlighted the projections for other Asian economies China ... ( read original story ...)
China tells U.S. companies that they are welcome in its market
China welcomes U.S. companies to actively participate in its market and will strive to create a fair and just environment, the industry ministry said on Monday, citing a meeting it held with firms ... ( read original story ...)
Flood death toll in Cambodia rises to 25 as over 37,000 evacuated: spokesman
Flash floods in Cambodia have so far claimed 25 lives and forced the evacuation of 37,396 people, Seak Vichet, a spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
International tourists to Cambodia’s Angkor expected to rebound next year
Cambodia predicted that international visitors to its famed Angkor Archeological Park will start to rebound gradually from next year if Covid-19 vaccines are available, a spokesman for the Ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
A top White House counterterrorism official reportedly met with the Assad regime in Syria for US hostage talks
The secret negotiations represent the first time such a high-level US official has met with the Assad regime in Syria in more than a decade. ( read original story ...)