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Vietnam: Hanoi proposes Vingroup constructing urban railways

The Hanoitimes – The Hanoi People`s Committee proposed the Prime Minister to allow two domestic investors, Vingroup and T&T Group, to construct three urban railway routes. Specifically, according to the proposal to the Prime Minister, Hanoi People’s Committee suggest the two above groups shall bear all expense to prepare a pre-feasibility study report (proposed project) on […]

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Myanmar: More information needed to conduct better EIAs

The biggest challenge for civil society organisations (CSOs) when participating in an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) process, is the lack of sufficient information about the proposed projects. Another major problem is that many CSOs are not registered and hence not recognised by the General Administration Department, according to the latest polling from the Myanmar Centre […]

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Malaysia: Johari sees economy growing up to 5.5% in 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: The overall outlook for 2018 seems positive with the market expecting Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth to moderate at around five to 5.5% following a stellar economic recovery last year, said Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani. He said Malaysia’s eonomic conditions should remain conducive to support a more robust macroeconomic […]

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Indonesia: Commodity Prices Soar Due to Bad Weather

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Data from the Trade Ministry show that commodity prices soared on January 2-3. The commodities are rice, wheat, soybean, meat, eggs, onion, instant noodles and beans. Director General of Trade for the Trade Ministry Tjahya Widayanti said that the price increase was caused by bad weather that has occurred since the end of last year. Bank […]

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