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ExxonMobil to invest $20b in Vietnam power project
US-based oil and gas giant ExxonMobil Corp is preparing to invest around $20 billion in a gas-fired power complex with Vietnam's state oil and...
Myanmar opens gas pipeline to China
A pipeline pumping natural gas from Myanmar to China has gone fully operational, Chinese media said on October 21. The project, stretching more than...
Southeast Asia’s hunger for LNG gives Qatar a boost
Not unimportant to the Qatari economy is the fact that future streams of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, will flow heavily in the direction of Southeast Asia, with Thailand and Indonesia being the biggest absorbers.
Air Asia shows lower net profits but higher revenue
Despite rising fuel costs which led to a decrease in overall profits in the first quarter of 2011, revenue is up for Air Asia. ...
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Cambodia to include financial literacy in school curricula
Cambodia in a first for Southeast Asia’s developing countries will introduce a pilot scheme to add financial literacy into school curricula, the Phnom Penh...
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Poverty on the rise again in the Philippines
The poverty rate in the Philippines rose to 18.1 per cent of the population in 2021, equivalent to nearly 20 million poor Filipinos, as...