Agriculture

Entrance to the marijuana growing complex at Rak Jang Farm (All pictures: Arno Maierbrugger) Since the liberalisation of...

Chinese companies have discovered Laos as a location to set up large-scale durian plantations to grow the...

Smart farming could improve productivity and yields for Cambodian farmers Cambodia in a cooperation with the South Korean...

Farming with tablets and drones is a new reality for Malaysia's agriculture sector Malaysia is becoming one...

Rooftop farm of Edible Garden City, Singapore Lacking sufficient agricultural space, Singapore is now boosting domestic food production...

Thailand is seeking ways to enter the global trade for medical cannabis after its production and use...

Brunei’s largest commercial rice farm has begun operations in Kandol in the western district of Belait, with...

Brunei’s gross agriculture output has increased by $56.65 million to $436.30 million, or around 13 per cent,...

The legendary empty 20-lane-highway in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw © Arno Maierbrugger Myanmar’s economic growth, which has been...

Malaysia plans to unveil its first flying car prototype to the public this year, Minister of Entrepreneur Development Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof said on...

Indonesia has set itself the goal to become nothing less than a regional digital hub in Southeast Asia as early as next year. To...

The Laos government has unveiled a new national development vision, which it plans to facilitate from 2021 to 2025. The plan entails the transformation of...

The European Commission has reinstated duties on rice from Cambodia and Myanmar for three years after determining that imports were causing economic damage to...

Brunei’s unemployment rate rose to 9.3 per cent in 2017 from 6.9 per cent in 2014, latest available data from the Department of Statistics...

Vietnam’s economy grew by 7.08 per cent in 2018, the fastest rate in the past eleven years and beating the target of 6.7 per...

Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow by 7.3 per cent this year, spurred by the robust performance of garment exports, tourism and construction, deputy...

Malaysia’s foreign direct investments (FDI) volume increased to 49 billion ringgit ($11.72 billion) for the first nine months of this year compared with the...

Indonesia on November 16 announced a new economic stimulus package to support the rupiah and spur growth in the lead-up to the upcoming presidential...