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Money • STORY OF THE DAY • 2 days ago • 12 min read

Chinese investment Restoring Sihanoukville

By Andrew Haffner • 2 days ago
Foreign investors rode a hot streak in Sihanoukville until the gambling game collapsed last summer. Now, with the boomtown at risk of going bust and the city decaying around them, long-term residents, local businesses and construction workers are picking up the pieces

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • 5 days ago • 13 min read

FDI in Vietnam Rise of the north

By Samantha McCabe • 5 days ago
A long-term, export-driven vision has handed Hai Phong the title of Vietnam’s fastest-growing city in terms of GDP since 2015. Deep C is one firm that has contributed to the industrial city's transformation in recent years with their vision of creating a sustainable, environmentally friendly economic hub

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Jan 01, 2020 • 12 min read
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Industry 4.0 Get with the times

By Andrew Haffner • Jan 01, 2020
In the fifth installment of our eight-week series with Future Forum looking at the Kingdom in 2040, we turn to the future of work. In the coming decades, the region's economies will change faster than we’ve ever seen before. Will Cambodia ride that energy or fall behind?

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 29, 2019 • 9 min read

Sustainable luxury tourism A wild Cambodian Bensley experience

By Ron Gluckman • Nov 29, 2019
Can luxury and eco-friendly sustainability be mutually compatible? Southeast Asia Globe sat down with serial luxury hotelier Bill Bensley at his wildest experience so far in Cambodia.

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Money • Nov 19, 2019 • 7 min read
China's economy

Slowing down

Having benefitted from decades of breakneck growth in China, trade- and investment-dependent ASEAN is vulnerable to fluctuations in the world’s second-biggest economy
By Kevin Livingston

Money • Oct 23, 2019 • 10 min read
Timor-Leste

Betting on black

Timor-Leste is racing against the clock to develop newly unlocked Timor Sea wealth before its coffers empty. We look at the different roads that could lead the country to prosperity
By Sophie Raynor

Money • Oct 09, 2019 • 15 min read
Automation

Manufacturing change

Advances in automation are fuelling fears that the rise of robots could drive millions of Asian factory jobs back to the West
By Andrew Haffner

Money • Sep 11, 2019 • 14 min read
Australia and ASEAN

Drawing a line

Australia’s attempts to move closer to Southeast Asia have met with limited success so far, but are likely to become more urgent as the China-US rivalry intensifies
By Simon Roughneen

Money • Aug 27, 2019 • 11 min read
Vietnam economy

Winning the battle, losing the war?

Trade-oriented Vietnam has benefitted from the US-China stand-off, pulling in more investment. But growing exports are dominated by a few big foreign players, leaving Vietnam vulnerable to global market swings
By Simon Roughneen

Money • Aug 19, 2019 • 11 min read
North Korea

A great con?

US President Donald Trump believes North Korea’s beaches would make for great condos and real estate. But with missiles being tested and sanctions in place, will Southeast Asian investors take the plunge?
By Robin Spiess, additional reporting by Veng Sonita

Money • Aug 14, 2019 • 14 min read
EU-ASEAN relations

Stitched together

Citing human rights concerns, the EU is deciding whether to revoke duty-free market access for Cambodia’s exports, even as it tries to boost trade and defence ties with Southeast Asia
By Simon Roughneen

Money • Aug 07, 2019 • 14 min read
Microfinance institutions

Left with nothing

With the backing of the world’s development agencies, Cambodia’s microfinance institutions stand accused of driving the nation’s most vulnerable ever deeper into debt – forcing them to sell off their land when the time comes to collect
By Paul Millar and Veng Sonita