The 2020 Law on Environmental Protection entered into effect in January 2022, institutionalizing new policies related to environmental protection. It gradually harmonizes Vietnam’s regulations with international laws. Importantly, for the first time, it defines...
Japanese telecommunications company NTT, which operates data centers in over 20 countries, has announced that it is expanding its services to Ho Chi Minh City. The company, which already covers the capital city of Hanoi, is now targeting the southern city of Ho Chi...
Investment holding company Tuan Sing Holdings Limited and real estate specialist Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (MEC) are teaming up to develop an international luxury outlet mall in Karawang called The Grand Outlet – East Jakarta. They are both established...
Vietnamese government officials recently held a meeting with a delegation from the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) and representatives from 28 leading US corporations in Hanoi. The parties announced their intention to expand economic, trade, and investment linkages...
Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC), SingHealth, and American chipmaker Nvidia have just announced the co-development of a supercomputer that will speed up healthcare research using large and complex sets of patient data. The machine is scheduled...
The Embassy of Israel in the Philippines and the Israel Economic Commercial Mission to the Philippines commenced a partnership with the Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Dairy Authority (NDA) in order to develop the dairy sector of the...
Malaysia’s Energy and Natural Resources Ministry has doubled the country’s green energy or Renewable Energy (RE) generation target to 18,000 megawatts (MW) by 2035, up from the current 8,700 MW. The energy transition plan, which will last until 2040, aims for a 31% RE...
Siam Cement Group (SCG) is refocusing its operations on green manufacturing. Specifically, it has been recently reported that Thailand’s largest cement maker and industrial conglomerate targets to use more clean energy, develop environmentally friendly products...
The Singapore government has unveiled a new plan to strengthen local businesses in various sectors, with an aim to significantly grow the export value from SGD 805 billion (USD 590 billion) to at least SGD 1 trillion (USD 732 billion), and double the offshore trade...
Health Holding Livingstone, a Singapore-based multidisciplinary healthcare group, has recently partnered with the National Phytopharma Joint Stock Company and Truth Assets Management (TAM) to evaluate healthcare project opportunities in Vietnam. One of Vietnam’s...
KKIP Aerospace Training Centre (KATC), a subsidiary of Sabah’s industrial park KKIP Sdn. Bhd. will construct a licensed composite repair facility in Sabah and Asia for GMI AERO SAS, a French composite repair solutions provider. It has signed a tripartite...
France has once again reiterated its keen interest to work with the Philippine government in strengthening the country’s maritime capabilities. The two governments have recently wrapped up discussions on possible joint patrols in the Philippines’ EEZ or West...
