Vietnam has begun their study on the list of key industries that the country should focus on, in order to ready themselves to be a developed and high income country beyond 2030. Teams have roughly focused on areas such as exports, renewable energy, data analysis services, new energy, energy processing but would continue to exchangeContinue reading “#Vietnam readies itself to pounce on the right business opportunities by strategising then eyeing for the key industries #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #Energy #AI #ML”
Category Archives: Technology
Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability matters from Southeast Asia – 15 April 2021
In this podcast, I share about the latest happenings in Southeast Asia. 1) Vietnam near bottom for sustainability perception ranking, 2) Timor Leste suffering from flooding 3) Thailand food packaging roundtable and 4) Coca Cola sustainability initiative in Indonesia.
Water scarcity and high temperatures could reduce rice yields in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to 50% of today’s levels by the year 2100 #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Predictive
Climate change is a threat in the present and our meals will likely be quite different in just a few decades. For e.g. rice is a ubiquitous grain in more than 100 countries and provides half of the calories for 520 million people living in Asia. In its many forms, this grain is grown submergedContinue reading “Water scarcity and high temperatures could reduce rice yields in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to 50% of today’s levels by the year 2100 #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #AI #ML #Predictive”
Podcast: Latest developments on sustainability from Southeast Asia – 13 April
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.
#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”
#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”
#Thailand has partnered #Japan to kick off its Bio-Circular-Green Economy with its prototype recycling plant #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #Recycle
Back in January, Thailand declared that they would adopt the Bio-Circular-Green Economy model (BCG model) as part of their national strategy to reduce dependency on foreign investments and build capabilities in the field of biomaterial, cultural diversity, food, biodiversity, agriculture, creative economy, medical, tourism, biochemical, wellness and bioenergy. To kick off the BCG model, ThailandContinue reading “#Thailand has partnered #Japan to kick off its Bio-Circular-Green Economy with its prototype recycling plant #SoutheastAsia #Asean #ESG #Sustainability #Recycle”