by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 17, 2024 | ASEAN, Business, Cambodia, Economy, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has revised Vietnam’s economic growth forecast to 6.3% for 2024 in its latest update. The growth rate is 0.3% higher than the April forecast. It is also the highest among ASEAN countries for 2024. The Singapore-based...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 16, 2024 | ASEAN, Business, Indonesia, Infrastructure, Investment, News, Southeast Asia
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a presidential regulation that grants investors certain rights in the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) megaproject in East Kalimantan, the future capital, including land rights of up to 190 years. The regulation stipulates that...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 14, 2024 | Vietnam, Business, Economy, Energy, News, Sustainability
Although electricity prices were increased twice in 2023, Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has reported an after-tax loss of VNĐ26.77 trillion (US$1.053 billion) on high electricity production costs, including higher fuel prices and rising foreign exchange rates. In 2023,...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 14, 2024 | Business, Investment, Laos, News, Technology, Vietnam
Laos and Vietnam have signed seven pacts on various areas of cooperation, serving to deepen the collaboration between the two nations. The cooperation pacts include a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the establishment of a citizen and ID (identification card)...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 12, 2024 | Climate, Business, China, Energy, Environment, Lifestyle, News, Sustainability, Visions
Almost 25 million green power certificates, corresponding to 24.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generated from renewable sources, have been traded in the last week of June on the Guangzhou Power Exchange Center in Guangdong province. This marks China’s...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 12, 2024 | Business, Economy, News, Thailand
Thailand’s GDP growth is unlikely to increase in the second half of this year as anticipated by the Bank of Thailand (BOT), according to the chairman of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), Mr. Supavud Saicheua. Supavud says the...
