China Launches Sweeping Audit of Power Grid
China has launched the second phase of its overhaul of the country’s opaque power grid, announcing a major audit of involved companies in a bid
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Laos seeks to become regional hub for electricity transmission by 2025
Laos is developing a strategic plan to become the network center for a regional electricity transmission system by 2025. According to local daily Vientiane Times
DHL Global Connectedness Index: Southeast Asian nations beat expectations as globalization hits new record high
DHL has released the fifth edition of the DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI) — a detailed analysis of globalization, measured by international flows of trade,
Mexico sets dates for major electricity tenders
Mexico’s government published the dates for the announcement of winners for the Andrés Manuel López Obrador administration’s first large electricity tenders. The winner for
Malaysian economic growth accelerates in Q4 2018, private consumption likely to ease to trend growth in 2019
Malaysian economic growth accelerated in the fourth quarter. On a year-on-year basis, the GDP growth accelerated to 4.7 percent from third quarter’s 4.4 percent, bringing
Vietnamese airlines granted access to U.S. market for first time
Vietnamese airlines will be able to fly to the United States and codeshare with American carriers after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration declared the Southeast
No-deal Brexit: UK exporters risk being locked out of world’s harbours
Goods dispatched in coming days may not arrive until after 29 March deadline British exporters sending goods to far-flung destinations in the coming days risk
Hong Kong’s Port Business Slips To No. 7 In Global Ranking As Chinese Ports Turn Robust
Hong Kong’s port business slides down in the world’s busiest and dominance ranking. Its rivals in Asia that include Shanghai, Shenzhen and Busan are doing
Natixis Investment Managers Appoints First Head of CSR and ESG
Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world’s largest asset managers with €802.1bn in AUM, has appointed Harald Walkate as Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
US-China Tech Rivalry Creating ‘Splinternet’
Last year, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warned of “a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and a non-Chinese internet led by America.” In recent years,