Energy & Resources
France pledges multi-billion dollar investments in Indonesia
French President Francoise Hollande during his state visit to Indonesia on March 29 pledged $2.6 billion in investments for the country mainly in energy,...
Philippines turns to China for $15-billion investment deals
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is sending a delegation to Beijing this week for meetings with Chinese top officials to discuss investment deals worth $15...
Duterte administration registers 97% increase in investment
Investments registered with the Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) in November 2016 reached P28.5 billion, up by 97 per cent from only P14.4 billion...
Burkina Faso seeks Singapore investment
The West African state of Burkina Faso has asked Singapore businesses to invest in the country, it emerged during a visit by President Blaise...
Singapore tops foreign investors in Myanmar
Singaporean has emerged as the largest foreign investor in Myanmar as companies from the city state have been expanding their investments in sectors such...
Negros to host Philippines’ biggest solar project
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the construction of the country's biggest solar power project to date at the San Carlos Economic...
Indonesia to import LNG from the US
Indonesia’s state-owned oil and gas producer Pertamina has signed its first agreement to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a deal to take supplies...
Myanmar awards contracts for 16 onshore blocks
Italy's Eni, India's ONGC Videsh and Malaysia's Petronas were among the winners of contracts for 16 onshore energy blocks in Myanmar, an energy ministry...
Thailand, Chile sign free trade agreement
Thailand and Chile on October 4 in Bangkok signed a free trade agreement (FTA) to pave the way to eliminate tariffs on 90 per...
Thailand, Malaysia enter closer trade cooperation
Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to foster cooperation on trade and investment in six sectors, which are oil and gas, energy, rubber, automobiles, sugar...
Alstom looks into power projects in Myanmar
French conglomerate Alstom is eyeing to take advantage of opportunities in the Myanmar’s hydropower sectors, the company's chairman and CEO Patrick Kron said.
The firm...
Vietnam seeks investment opportunities in Haiti
Vietnam is looking into possibilities to invest in the Caribbean nation of Haiti, it turned out during a meeting of Haitian officials over trade,...
Resources energise Kalimantan growth – but at what cost?
In Kalimantan, the Indonesian side of the island of Borneo, the abundance of coal, oil and gas in the Indonesian state of Kalimantan has...
Singapore conducting LNG stockpile race
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA), a unit of Temasek Holdings, is competing with Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell to stockpile LNG, Bloomberg has reported.
Temasek...
Temasek to increase Europe, US portfolio
Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings seeks to increase its investments in US and European companies as it is "bullish on both regions", Boon...
Renewables: The green, clean job machine
A potent weapon of persuasion has been floating about the Asian Development Bank (ADB) this past week during the Asia Clean Energy Forum, held...
Myanmar builds international confidence at WEF
After the 22nd World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia, held in Myanmar from June 5-7, 2013, it is time to draw the conclusion...
Myanmar seeks agriculture assistance
During a bilateral meeting between Myanmar President Thein Sein and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on the last day of the World Economic Forum...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...