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HCM City seeks advice from smart-city developers in Asia
HCM City, which aims to be a smart city by implementing IoT, AI and Big Data, faces a number of challenges such as flooding, traffic jams, inadequate infrastructure and limited resources for development.
Cambodia puts circular economy in motion
Cambodia is at the beginning, exploring options to move towards a circular economy, first with waste management based on a project launched last March.
Climate change protesters in Bangkok call on government to cut pollution
Hundreds of locals and tourists converged in the centre of the capital waving placards criticising plastic waste, meat eaters and global warming.
In Vietnam’s booming energy sector coal reigns, but renewables play catch-up
Vietnam has forecast power generation will need to rise from about 47,000 megawatts (MW) currently to 60,000 MW by 2020 and 129,500 MW by 2030.
Hydropower project in Cambodia helps fish to come home
Engineering manager Nong Zuguan said: “We made it into a natural fishway to fit into the surrounding environment, like a natural river. This is the way the fish came home.”
Myanmar sets a slower pace for the Belt and Road
The bigger story from the Belt and Road Forum appears to have been what Myanmar didn’t sign, rather than what it did.
Call for tourist limit on Koh Lan to solve garbage issue
An independent environmental health expert has called for the number of visitors to Koh Lan in Chon Buri to be less than 5,000 per day to tackle the overwhelming garbage problem.