In this podcast, I share about the latest happenings in Southeast Asia. 1) Thailand – Plastic foot print reduction project, 2) Vietnam – Eliminating plastic waste in ocean, 3) Malaysia – Plant-based food solution, 4) Indonesia – Forest conservation.
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#Indonesia started an official group to rally Indonesians who graduated from American universities, to advance the country and build the Indonesian Dream #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Data
Just like many who aspired to the American Dream and embarked daringly on bold and innovative initiatives, thereby propelled the United States of America to the world stage, Indonesia also wanted its people to envision the Indonesian Dream and have them to work towards advancing Indonesia to greater heights. To this end, Indonesia has officiallyContinue reading “#Indonesia started an official group to rally Indonesians who graduated from American universities, to advance the country and build the Indonesian Dream #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Data”
#Thailand is aggressively trying to attract more foreign investments and facilitate expansion for companies like Panasonic to push for more investments in the automotive, smart home and smart factory sectors #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Smart #Industry4.0
Thailand is aggressively trying to attract more foreign companies that want to embark on global business restructuring plans. To this, the country has been marketing itself as a possible manufacturing base for companies to produce their products by providing economy of scale thereby, enhancing profitability and competition. Panasonic, like many of its European competitors suchContinue reading “#Thailand is aggressively trying to attract more foreign investments and facilitate expansion for companies like Panasonic to push for more investments in the automotive, smart home and smart factory sectors #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Smart #Industry4.0”
#Indonesia’s effort to facilitate online business matchings for Indonesian private sector with overseas companies is starting to pay off #SoutheastAsia #Asean #Business #Economy
Travel restrictions during the pandemic prevented many countries from finding new cross-border business partners and that resulted in a sharp drop in Indonesia’s export. Indonesia’s total export (billion dollar) declined by 28.95 percent year-on-year in May 2020. To arrest the situation, Indonesia quickly stepped in with an experiment to facilitate online business matching for itsContinue reading “#Indonesia’s effort to facilitate online business matchings for Indonesian private sector with overseas companies is starting to pay off #SoutheastAsia #Asean #Business #Economy”
#Indonesia ushered in “Making Indonesia 4.0” with 156 Indonesian companies participating in one of the world’s largest technology fair #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Data
This year, Indonesia was chosen as the official partner for the Hannover Messse 2021. The Hannover Messe is one of the world’s largest technology trade fairs. The event will be held digitally during April 2021 via an online platform which will be supported by Deutsche Messe AG, the event organizer. The theme of this year’s eventContinue reading “#Indonesia ushered in “Making Indonesia 4.0” with 156 Indonesian companies participating in one of the world’s largest technology fair #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Data”
#Indonesia aimed to attract global investors and create new job openings by strengthening their Copyright Act #SoutheastAsia #Asean #economy #copyright
Indonesia believed that they are on the right track to economy recovery and cited the recent successful launch of their Indonesia Investment Authority. The investment authority is the country’s sovereign wealth fund organisation. The creation of the sovereign wealth fund would serve as the primary vehicle for global investors to invest into the many upcomingContinue reading “#Indonesia aimed to attract global investors and create new job openings by strengthening their Copyright Act #SoutheastAsia #Asean #economy #copyright”
#Thailand targeted to send a spacecraft to moon before 2028 #SoutheastAsia #Asean #Space #Technology
Thailand targeted to send a spacecraft to the moon before 2028 and they hoped to achieve this by reorganising their economy in the areas of innovation management, research and education. With this, Thailand targeted to transform into a country that produces technology instead of simply consuming them. The country has stated that space technology isContinue reading “#Thailand targeted to send a spacecraft to moon before 2028 #SoutheastAsia #Asean #Space #Technology”
#Russia and #Thailand explored areas of collaborations in their digital economies such as capability development, investment sourcing amongst others #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Data #ESG #Sustainability
Representatives from Russia and Thailand met during the Russia-Thailand Technology Day, to exchange notes on the developments of their respective digital economies and discussed about how they could come together to work on potential business areas. Thailand shared that they were looking into turbo-charging some areas of their economy like developing the venture capital spaceContinue reading “#Russia and #Thailand explored areas of collaborations in their digital economies such as capability development, investment sourcing amongst others #SoutheastAsia #Asean #AI #ML #Data #ESG #Sustainability”
#Japan to work closely with #Vietnam on wastewater treatment technology, urban flood protection and water drainage planning #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability
In a recent meeting between Japan and Vietnam, Japan expressed keen interest in extending assistance to Vietnam in the area of urban development. Japanese technical experts will advise the country in the area of urban flooding, water drainage management, technical infrastructure systems and wastewater treatment and this would be supported by Japanese technology. The JapaneseContinue reading “#Japan to work closely with #Vietnam on wastewater treatment technology, urban flood protection and water drainage planning #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability”
United Kingdom to further cooperate with #Indonesia in tackling climate change and expressed keen interest to kickstart a joint leadership initiative relating to agriculture and forestry #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability
Representatives from United Kingdom and Indonesia met to discuss about the preparation leading up to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). COP26 is an international cooperation that addresses the ESG issues that the world faces and also to encourage each other towards a zero carbon economy. The event is currently scheduledContinue reading “United Kingdom to further cooperate with #Indonesia in tackling climate change and expressed keen interest to kickstart a joint leadership initiative relating to agriculture and forestry #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability”
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