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Challenges for Asean
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/04/2022
» Over two years after the coronavirus emerged, countries across Asia are slowly beginning to recover. In Southeast Asia, economic growth is projected to pick up to 5.1% this year, from 3.2% in 2021. With 400 million people, or 59% of the population, fully vaccinated, many economies are well on the way to reopening.
Wasted Year
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 21/02/2022
» Once perceived as Asia's final frontier, Myanmar has been tested severely by dual shocks -- a surge in Covid-19 cases in 2021 and the military coup that has brought its economy close to a standstill and left its people suffering from ongoing violence.
Virus responses compared
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/03/2020
» The world is in a state of panic right now. Every minute brings more bad news about the Covid-19 outbreak that has caused more than 3,300 deaths as of Friday. For many, the more information they consume -- whether it is factual or not -- the higher the possibility they will live in fear.
Sunny outlook
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/09/2019
» The recent inauguration of a 420-megawatt solar power facility -- the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia -- has underscored Vietnam's renewable energy potential and is attracting more investment from abroad into the sector.
The next 140 years
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/10/2018
» After expanding aggressively in Southeast Asia, mostly in the capital-intensive power business, Bangkok-based B.Grimm Group is preparing to take the next steps to transform itself into "a real international company".
Sharing Asia's growing wealth
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/10/2017
» Everybody talks about the seemingly unlimited potential for growth in Asia Pacific. A huge population, rising middle class, rapid urbanisation and the digital communication boom are all driving economic expansion that surpasses that of developed economies, especially the United States and Europe.
Building opportunity
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/01/2017
» With domestic consumption sluggish or shrinking, Southeast Asia's cement producers are expanding abroad in hopes of finding new revenue streams in countries where infrastructure needs are driving more demand.
The right regional formula
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/01/2016
» The day that Covestro inaugurated its Asean headquarters in Bangkok turned out to be a stressful one for the executives of the polymer producer majority owned by the pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG. It was Jan 14, a day of grenade and gun attacks that killed eight people in central Jakarta. One of those incidents happened just one kilometre from Covestro's office in the Indonesian capital.
Don't bet on a bounce
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 25/01/2016
» The tumbling price of natural rubber has severely hurt growers in Southeast Asia, home to about 80% of the world's production. Despite the latest attempt by the Thai government to help growers, the outlook remains bleak for the commodity, for which prices have been falling for five years amid a supply glut and slowing demand in a weak global economy.
Going with the flow
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/08/2015
» Countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have enjoyed a dramatic increase in Japanese investments, and the recent tripartite agreement for the massive Dawei project in Myanmar could push Japanese direct investment in the area to rise further, says the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro).