by VF | Oct 16, 2022 | Environment, Health, Lifestyle, News
We have an ongoing pandemic, a climate that won’t stop warming, rising prices, international tensions, and conflicts. This is affecting global food security. More than three billion people cannot afford healthy diets, but at the same time obesity continues to increase...
by VF | Sep 25, 2022 | Asia, Environment, News, Southeast Asia
Super typhoon Noru is heading towards the Philippines and is on track to slam into the heavily populated main island of Luzon, forcing the evacuations of coastal towns. The typhoon has maximum sustained wind speeds of 195 kilometers an hour after an unprecedented...
by VF | Jun 27, 2022 | Asia, ASEAN, Business, Environment, Southeast Asia
The Indian and Lao governments have launched a project to build the Nam Xang storage dam and irrigation system in Kaenthao district, Xayaboury province. The project is funded by a loan of US$14.7 million from the EXIM Bank of India and will run for 24 months. An...
by VF | Jun 10, 2022 | Linkss, ASEAN, Business, Environment, Southeast Asia, Technology
The project will be undertaken by Terra Solar Philippines, a unit of Terra Renewables Holdings Inc. It is a renewable power subsidiary under Prime Infra’s control and in partnership with Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings Inc. Razon’s infrastructure arm Prime...
by VF | Jun 1, 2022 | Linkss, ASEAN, Asia, Business, Environment, Finland, Lifestyle, Travel
Indonesia and Vietnam have posted improvements on the latest Travel and Tourism Development Index. Indonesia has climbed to second place in Southeast Asia, jumping from 44th to 32nd, whereas Vietnam has moved up from 60th to 52nd. One of the biggest travel...
by VF | Jan 1, 2022 | Environment, Finland, Health, Technology
Posiva has submitted an operating license application for an encapsulation plant and a disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel. The facility is currently under construction on Finland’s west coast, Olkiluoto. The license would be valid from March 2024 to the...
