Under unforgiving conditions, the outdoor workers - the backbone of urban economies - endure the harshest impacts of climate change while remaining overlooked by social safety nets. Their resilience and struggles highlight the urgent need for better protection in the face of rising temperatures and precarious livelihoods.
Leading convention centers in the Asian region have joined forces to establish the Asia Venue Alliance (AVA), a revolutionary collaboration committed to enhancing event hosting standards and elevating seamless business events experiences.
The circular economy is an alternative to traditional linear economies, where people take resources, make things, consume them and throw them away. This way of living uses up finite raw materials and produces vast quantities of waste.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Binh Duong Water Environment Joint Stock Company (BIWASE) signed a $13 million loan to finance the construction and operation of a composting plant, and waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Binh Duong province.
Following the success of Core5 Industrial Partners in the United States, Core5 brand is expanding into Vietnam, one of Asia’s fastest growing manufacturing and logistics hub.
Vietnam’s economic growth is expected to slow down due to a resurgence of Covid-19 that has tightened the labor market, lowered industrial output, and disrupted agricultural value chains, according to latest report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The financing includes a $2.7 million grant from the Government of Canada and a $1.9 million grant from the Government of Australia, both to be administered by ADB.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company (Phu Yen JSC) has signed a $186 million loan to develop and operate a 257 MW solar power plant in Hoa Hoi, Phu Yen province, through the country’s first certified green loan.
According to JLL’s latest data, Southeast Asian and India markets offered the best returns for investors in 2019, and are expected to continue performing well in 2020.
Vietnam’s top rated club, The Bluffs Ho Tram Strip, is aiming to help launch young Asian talent along the same path as Tiger Woods and Jordan Speith when it hosts the nation’s first ever Junior Golf Tour of Asia (JGTA) event.
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China are driving increased real-estate investor interest to Southeast Asian countries, with Vietnam’s industrial sector a key focal point, according to JLL.
The London-based bank forecasts Vietnam to remain the fastest-growing ASEAN economy in the near term, with 2019 growth being projected at 6.9 per cent.
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