Perfect storm of production headwinds plagues Malaysia’s palm oil recovery
IPOH, Sep 5, 2021, Malay Mail. In a sprawling oil palm plantation in the Malaysian…
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Philippine Airlines files for bankruptcy
MANILA, Sep 4, 2021, AFP. Philippine Airlines said on Saturday it was filing for bankruptcy…
Laos, Vietnam strengthen digitalisation development
VIENTIANE, Sep 3, 2021, Vientiane Times/Asia News Network. Laos and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen…
Can’t stay in lockdowns forever: Vietnam’s PM
HANOI, Sep 2, 2021, VN Express. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh says lockdowns cannot be…
[Analytics] China’s ‘revolution’ cost investors $3T
Heavyweight global investment firms are sticking with China despite a sweeping crackdown on business by…
Beijing will back Hong Kong’s entry into world’s biggest free-trade deal
HONG KONG, Sep 1, 2021, SCMP. Senior Beijing officials have warned against imposing sanctions on…
Duterte’s U-turn on Boracay casino ban slammed by environmental activists
MANILA, Sep 1, 2021, SCMP. President Rodrigo Duterte’s U-turn on his decision to ban casinos…
Bangladesh makes yet another call for Cambodia’s assistance in ending plight of Rohingya
DHAKA, Aug 31, 2021, Khmer Times. In the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), to…
Thai govt to boost e-commerce economy
BANGKOK, Aug 31, 2021, Bangkok Post. The cabinet on Monday gave the go-ahead to the…
New port linking Macao, mainland’s Guangdong to open
MACAO, Aug 30, 2021, Xinhua. A new port linking the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR)…
China-invested cement factory in Nepal prepares for production
KATHMANDU, Aug 30, 2021, Xinhua. Huaxin Cement Narayani Pvt. Ltd, a China-Nepal joint venture, is…
Laos leader urge ruling party’s propaganda body to work harder at ruling party’s fifth Congress
VIENTIANE, Aug 29, 2021, Vientiane Times/ANN. The Party and state leader has told the propaganda…