Opinion

Asian regulators and policy makers should undertake prudential financial supervision and regulation to improve the quality of private debt and reduce the risk of financial instability in the future.

Recent years have seen growing reputation, prestige and presence of Vietnam in the international arena.

The relations between the two former foes have inspired a story of typical normalization and moving forward.

Continuing the success of the August Revolution, the Vietnamese people then recorded significant victories in the resistance wars against the French and Americas as well as in the Doi Moi economic reform.

Emerging markets should be a good source of income in the years ahead, with emerging Asia looking most appealing, and Vietnam the standout performer.

Developing a vaccine for Covid-19 within one year is a herculean task. Getting the vaccine to the hundreds of millions if not billions of people who need it—especially in poorer countries—may be even harder.

Families throughout Asia and the Pacific rely on money sent by relatives overseas. These remittances are threatened by the pandemic but policy actions can help.

In Timor-Leste, an opportunity to explore innovation and best practices in distributing food during a pandemic.

What should you do if you plan for retirement when the Covid-19 pandemic is wrecking havoc on the global economy? An HSBC expert will give you some ideas.

The pandemic has highlighted the importance of technology in managing the crisis. Public-private partnerships, coupled with global cooperation, could help us explore technological solutions beyond the earth.

Carefully evaluating development projects, and learning from success and challenges of past efforts, is more important than ever as governments fight Covid-19.

Looking ahead, Vietnam’s economy remains vulnerable to new waves of coronavirus outbreak and, even in their absence, it could be stuck in what we can label as the “Covid-19 economic trap.”

In Asia and the Pacific government and private companies are using digital platforms to address the pandemic. They should also use them to speed their economies into recovery.

To mitigate the damage, governments should focus on containing the pandemic, helping families and supporting businesses.

Promoting domestic travel and using “travel bubbles” will help throw a lifeline to the region's struggling tourism industry.

An ADB research indicates that the global economy could lose more than US$100 billion in remittances. Governments need to act fast to protect the most vulnerable in society from this loss of vital income.

Hanoi’s strong position on China and Covid-19 success bolster its status.

As a result of the pandemic, fewer people are using cash and more have moved to a variety of digital payment options. But don’t count cash out yet.

Young people have a unique perspective on international development. Here are examples of how they are helping Asia and the Pacific deal with Covid-19.

Researchers are finding new uses for artificial intelligence and machine learning during the pandemic, but they are not a silver bullet.