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China-Brunei joint venture invests $13.6 billion in oil refinery
Hengyi Industries' existing petrochemical complex at Pulau Muara Besar, Brunei
Despite adverse macro-economic conditions, a petrochemical joint venture...
Chinese take over Laos’ national power grid
Laos is referred to as the "battery of Southeast Asia" due to its many hydropower plants exporting electricity
Laos at risk of sovereign debt default
The China-Laos railway project, originally meant to bring economic growth, is pushing Laos deeper into debt
The small...
Cambodia completes its first-ever oil platform
Construction of Cambodia’s first-ever oil platform for its Apsara oil development off the coast in the Gulf...
Brunei seeks 13,000 skilled workers
Brunei will have to address a labour shortage over the coming five years and is seeking around...
Thai firm to build Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm in Laos
Bangkok-based BCPG Plc, a renewable energy division of petroleum and energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, said its...
Philippines gets closer to reviving nuclear power
The Philippines has taken a new step towards reviving nuclear power in the country after President Rodrigo...
Singapore to invest $14 billion in innovation to boost post-virus economy
The Singapore government plans a massive investment in innovation to kickstart its economy after the coronavirus-induced disruption,...
Chinese loans for infrastructure cause debt ballooning in Myanmar, Laos
The China-Laos high-speed railway costs $6 billion
Chinese infrastructure projects for its Belt and Road Initiative financed by...
Tycoon says Thailand needs five million skilled foreigners to boost economy
Thailand is in need for at least five million talented foreigners to create an economy that can...
Brunei says not affected by oil price collapse
Brunei said it will not halt oil production after the recent massive plunge in oil prices on...
Virus crisis erases $28 billion in wealth of Thailand’s richest
Thailand’s 50’s richest see their wealth shrinking fundamentally as a result of panic selling at the stock...
Malaysia’s tycoons just got a little bit poorer
From left: Robert Kuok, Quek Leng Chan, Teh Hong Piow and Ananda Krishnan
The wealth of Malaysia’s richest business tycoons...
Fewer poppies cultivated in Myanmar
Poppy cultivation in Myanmar registered an 11-per cent decline in 2019, while the acreage under the opium...
Indonesia quarantines 43,000 in Chinese-backed industry park
More than 40,000 workers at a vast Chinese-controlled
industrial complex on Sulawesi island in Indonesia have been quarantined...
Vietnam tops foreign direct investment inflows in Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh City skyline © Arno Maierbrugger
Booming Vietnam has become Southeast Asia’s top receiver of
foreign...
Grab drives off with electric cars in Indonesia
Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab and South Korean automaker Hyundai officially introduced GrabCar Elektrik, Grab’s electric vehicle...
Laos plans to sell 100,000 tonnes of rice to Cuba annually
Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, Cuba © Arno Maierbrugger
The government in Laos is planning to export around...
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China-Brunei joint venture invests $13.6 billion in oil refinery
Hengyi Industries' existing petrochemical complex at Pulau Muara Besar, Brunei
Despite adverse macro-economic conditions, a petrochemical joint venture...