by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 12, 2024 | ASEAN, News, Southeast Asia, Sports
At Paris Olympics 2024, Southeast Asian countries won 15 medals, including five golds. The Philippines won two gold medals thanks to Carlos Yulo’s double in gymnastics, and Thai taekwondo athlete Panipak Wongpattanakit successfully defended her title in the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 5, 2024 | ASEAN, News, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Sports
Team Philippines gymnast Carlos Yulo has become the first Filipino to win more than one gold medal in the Summer Games. His incentives are expected to keep increasing, as more private companies want to reward the most successful Olympian the Philippines has ever...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 4, 2024 | ASEAN, Climate, Environment, News, Reports, Research, Southeast Asia, Weather
Typhoon modelling studies done by researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and two United States institutes have found that coastal cities such as Thailand’s Bangkok, Myanmar’s Yangon and Hai Phong in Vietnam are likely to suffer from...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 28, 2024 | ASEAN, China, Energy, Indonesia, News, Technology
The Indonesian government is stepping up cooperation with Chinese companies to increase Indonesia’s oil and gas reserves and production, according to Director of Upstream Oil and Gas Business Development Ariana Soemanto. The three stakeholders are the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 27, 2024 | ASEAN, Manufacturing, News, Technology, Thailand, Transportation
Thailand will introduce investment incentives for manufacturers of hybrid vehicles, the Board of Investment (BOI) says. Excise taxes will be lowered for five years, from 2028 to 2032, for hybrid vehicles makers that invest at least 3 billion baht in the next four...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 26, 2024 | ASEAN, Business, Climate, Energy, Environment, Indonesia, News, Southeast Asia, Transportation
According to Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, the country will implement the carbon tax in two phases in accordance with the road map that the government is preparing. “The initial phase of the carbon tax road map is proposed to only...
