Money

By Claire Baker-Munton • Jan 24, 2018
Top read: We return to one of our most popular pieces of 2018, which looked at the Cambodians reliant on bat faeces to sustain their livelihoods. Nutrient rich guano – colloquially known as “black gold” – provides powerful fertility to farmers' lands and a solid income to those who farm bats, and their faeces

By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Jan 12, 2018
Vietnam looks to add the first solar plant, while Singapore gives a nod to the popularity of Japanese culture in the country by naming the first alcohol made of tofu whey 'sachi'

By Alanah Torralba • Dec 14, 2017
If a company's existence depends on fossil fuels, the single most polluting activity on the planet, should they be allowed to engage in climate talks at all?

By Euan Black • Dec 12, 2017
Vietnamese entrepreneurs educated overseas expose how poorly performing universities and state censorship threaten to knock the startup scene off course