Opinion

No meeting regarding to Code of Conduct in the South China Sea has been held since the beginning of this year.

New digitized financial services are coming to previously poorly connected areas in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It should be inclusive and cost effective, and serve the interests of people at large.

Now is the time to take advantage of the clean air being experienced in many cities across Asia. We must not support a “quick and dirty” post-Covid-19 recovery plan that returns pollution to the region’s skies.

The Covid-19 crisis should be used as an opportunity for developing economies to implement reforms that help ensure food security.

Era Dabla-Norris, Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf, and Francois Painchaud, staff at the IMF Asia and Pacific Department, have offered their analysis of Vietnam's success in fighting Covid-19.

Representatives of European organizations explained to Hanoitimes what the future holds for Vietnam–EU business cooperation on the sidelines of the “Hanoi 2020 – Investment and Development Cooperation” conference on June 27.

The diplomat believes that Vietnam has positioned itself to benefit from numerous trade agreements.

Marko Walde, chief representative of the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam, spoke with Hanoitimes about opportunities from a trade deal with the EU and what needs to be done to make use of it.

While not a huge economy, Vietnam’s rapid recovery offers valuable insights for a world struggling with how to engineer an urgently-needed growth revival.

Pacific island nations have been among the top performers worldwide in controlling Covid-19. A greater emphasis on water, sanitation and hygiene practices will help continue that success.

Universities that adopt quality online learning, forge significant partnerships, and demonstrate results in preparing students of all ages for work in a technology-driven economy, stand the best chance of thriving after the pandemic.

Here are five key areas where EdTech solutions can help countries transition their short-term education solutions to the medium and long-term.

A harmonized set of industry-wide health and safety protocols are necessary for travel and tourism to recover.

Blue credits offer an innovative financing approach for attracting private capital to oceans health improvement projects.

A flexible regulatory regime that can balance consumer protection with an openness to innovations that benefit consumers is key to regulating new technologies.

State-owned enterprises supply energy, transport, and water to millions in Asia and the world. Managing them better will help consumers and governments alike.

Experts agree that safely restarting economies hinges on widespread Covid-19 testing. But what does that mean across countries with varying testing capacities?

As Asia and the Pacific emerges from the pandemic, companies must embrace principle as well as profit.

The pandemic reinforces the need for reliable energy services to support healthcare. Clean, renewable power is a good place to start.

Countries can minimize the economic risk of epidemics by investing in the tools needed to predict disease emergence.